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GOSPEL4 RUMPET.
Blow ye the Tru mpet in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain. J0e12: 1.
The Lord God sh all blow the Trumpet, and go with whirlwinds. Zech. 9: 14.
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he
Ii fteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a Trumpet, hear ye.
lea. 18: 8.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven t o the
other. Mat. 24 : 31.
So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. Jer. 32: 39.
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Armageddon.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CHURCH A PERFECT BODY.
N O one can be joined unto a sect
and at the same time lavish all
their affection upon the only true
Bridegroom. Christ our husband with
godly jealousy, does not, and cannot
permit us the joyful pleasure of that
heavenly congress, unless every cord of
affection is entwined with the issues of
his loving heart. Christ is a faithful and
true husband, for he never seeks access
unto any who waste their substance
elsewhere. He watches carefully the
beautiful characteristics of his spotless
bride, and in her state of chastity he
bestows the highest degree of conjugal
love. She need not be jealous, he will
Some members that were separated
from the real unity of Christ have died.
Others are almost dead, insomuch that by
the presence of any reviving influence
they become so excited as to lose sight
of the head and languish • in the grip of
death. And there are some that yet have
life enough to permit the spiritual entity
to traverse the cords of sympathy that
extend from the great spiritual head to
the pleading members that have been
severed by deception, the which are
being gathered together to permit a free
circulation of love. This is proved by
the Word. " Thus saith the Lord: As
the shepherd ta. keth out of the mouth of
the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so
shall the children of Israel be taken out
that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed
and in Damascus in a couch."— Amos
3: 12. See also Amos 6: 1. This scripture
' s now being fulfilled, as God gathers his
people out of Samaria where are so many
altars to Baal, or out of sectism where
other lords are worshiped besides Christ.
The Lord takes a small part, perchance
an ear from one place, and a leg from
another, etc., until the misused body is all
brought together; insomuch that the
divine circulation with all of its life- giving
qualities brings every member into
perfect co- operation with every other
member of the one body. Then it is
perfectly organized, and not divided.
In this state no one can be while in a
sect. While they may belong to the
body of Christ by virtue of the new birth,
yet they are not placed therein in their
respective capacity pleasingly to I God,
because they support a carnal sect.
Christ being the_ only foundation for
unity, there can be no unity until every-thing
but Christ is forsaken. The many
sects have been trying to unite, and their
means of procedure was to heap upon the
Son of God all of their wretched and
carnal divisions. This cannot be. Noth-ng
carnal can be built upon Christ.
Therefore every sect is erected on some
other basis than he who is the foundation
only of all things spiritual.
There is no element on earth issuing
rom the heart of the King of peace but
hat which would add to the joys of
heaven. Anything that would decrease
he harmony in heaven, adds to strife on
earth. Any spirit that God will not
admit into heaven, we shall fight against
while on earth. This is why we have
aken our position in Armageddon, and
are hurling the gospel volleys at the
sectarian beast; and while he roars we
battle against " spiritual wickedness in
high places," and for the standard of
truth, and gospel rights.
" And the seventh angel poured out his
vial into the air; and there came a : great
voice out of the temple of heaven, from
the throne, saying, It is done." Praise
God! Armageddon is lit up by all the
luminaries of heaven. No cloud of dark-ness
shall ever again roll across its
peaceful bosom, no wave of strife disturb
its perfect rest Shut in by its blessed
walls of glory, all the redeemed stand
together, until Jesus comes; then we are
all caught up together to see an endless
day. Armageddon, blessedArmageddon
thy joys are sweet. May we know thee
more and more. Amen.
W. A. HAYNES.
Contentment.
HE possession of this important
Christian grace will save you
from a thousand snares, and from a
thousand sorrows. The holy Savior
displayed It in his life, and taught it
by precepts. How little did he pos-sess!
How humble was his fare! No
sumptuousentertainments were made
in his lowly abode! No glitter of
finery adorned his dwelling! He
was content with the situation of a
carpenter. He was partly supported
by the kindness Of a few oious fol-lowers,
" who ministered unto him
of their substance;" and he paid a
trifle of tribute by a miracle. His
most eminent disciple manifested a
similar spirit: " I have learned in
whatsoever state I am, therewith to
be content."— Phil. 4: f I.
Similar to these examples are the
instructions addressed, in the sacred
scriptures, to the disciples of the
Savior: " Be content with such things
as you have: for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
" Having food and raimnent, let us
therewith be content." " Be careful
for nothing: but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanks-giving,
let your requests be made
known unto God. Art thou called,
being a slave? care not for it." The
admonition given to Barak is most
important: " Seekest thou great
things for thyself? seek them not."
By discontent many have de-stroyed
their peace, and, it is to be
feared, undone their souls. Dissat-isfied
with the allotments of the Most
High, they have aimed at greater
things, and in pursuit of these have
neglected the admonitions of
conscience, have violated the precepts
of heaven; and, following the
shadows of time, have slighted and
lost the treasures of eternity. The
course of some has ended in dis-appointment;
others have succeeded
in obtaining the wealth or honor they
pursued, but have lost religion and
heaven in the pursuit. Many young
persons, employed in the service of
pious families, or in situations where
religious privileges were fully enjoy-ed,
have left such situations for
others where a few more dollars a
year might be obtained. In such
cases religion has often died. They
have gained a little worldly profit;
but it has been gained by the loss of
everlasting life; and the ruin of an
immortal soul. Ah, dreadful profit!
Wretched bargain! Deceived and
foolish purchasers! How much
happier are they, whose worldly
profits and possessions may be much
smaller, but who, taught by Jesus,
are content with such things as they
have; whose home is in the skies;
whose hearts are there; who pass
through life as travelers to heaven;
and who, having sought first the
kingdom of God and its righteous-ness,
read their title clear to the
inheritance of the saints in light.
Yours for Christ, W. D. FARNAN.
I .1
Fear God.
6 6 ND unto man he [ God] said,
f9e)
c Behold the fear of the Lord,
that is wisdom."— Job 28: 28.
For this same thought, expressed
In slightly different language, see
irii i: to; Prov. 1: 7; Prov. 9: ro.
According to the marginal reading
of Prov. /: 7- it would be, " The fear
of the Lord is the principle part of
knowledge." So we have it four
times, and from Job, David, and
Solomon, that the FEAR OF THE LORD
is the very foundation of all wisdom.
Futhermore, we are told that " wis-dom
is the principal thing," and ex-horted
to " get wisdom." Then, well
may we inquire about and make
sure of getting this very _" beginning
of wisdom!'
Do you ask, " What is the " fear of
the Lord?" Let God's word answer.
" The fear of the Lord is a foun-tain
of life, to depart from the snares
of death."— Prov. 14: 27.
" The law of the wise is a fountain
of life, to depart from the snares of
death."— Prov. 13: 14.
Now it is a geometrical axiom,
" Things that are equal to the same
thing are equal to each other."
is the law of the wise. This is capa-ble
of two solutions, either of which
is true.
First, let it be taken that the fear
of the Lord is the guiding principle,
law, first and sole aim of those who
are wise in the sight of God. To
such, how sacred is every word of
God! How they hunger and thirst
after more light, that they may know
and do the whole will of God!
Imagine, if you can, souls who thus
fear God, rejecting the truth, com-plaining
of too straight a way, and
leaving their Father's house to go
back and enjoy the pleasures of sin
for a season. Could such have a
way or a work of their own which
they would prefer rather than to
heed the call of the Lord and do his
bidding? Could a minister thus
fearing God shun to declare the
Thole truth, lest he should lose
friends or for fear that some might
pervert the gospel, or perchance he
might be considered fanatical? Has
not God promised to take care of
his Word and those that proclaim
it?
Secondly, taking God himself to
be the " wise" one, yea, the all- wise,
can it be established that his law,
the sum of his commandments to his
children is centered in " the fear of
the Lord"? God told Moses before
giving the ten- commandment law,
" Gather me the people together, and
I will make them hear my words,
that they may learn to fear me all
the days that they shall live upon the
earth, and that they may teach their
children."— Deut. 4: io Hear again
God's wish, " 0 that there were such
an heart in them that they would
fear me, and keep all my command-ments
always, that it might be well
with them and with their children
forever I"— Deut. 5 : 29.
Dare any one say that under this
Christian dispensation of love and
grace God is any the lets to be feared
and reverenced? What saith the
Word? •
doing, lay down the Christian armor,
and go over to the camp of the.
enemy? 0 let every saint ask the
question, " Where are we?" And
" let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments; for this is the
whole duty of man."
W. MILO GLEETEN.
Testimonies.
MUNCIE, IND.
DEAR BRETHREN IN CHRIST: I
am praising God for a salvation
that saves my soul and keeps me
straight for God, ready to do his
whole will. I can say that my body
is a living sacrifice for God. Your
sister in the one body and earnestly
contending for the faith once de-livered
unto the saints,
ElVIMA LEGALLEY.
MARTINSBURG, PA.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I am
saved by the all- cleansing blood
of Jesus, and am willing to be led
by the word of God, and to medi-tate
therein day and night. I paid
the price and am dead to the world,
its fashions and allurements, such
as we read of in Ezek. 13: 18- 22.
When God says woe unto the
people, he means turn away, or it
will be eternal distruction. Praise
the Lord! The Son has made me
free, and called me out of Babylon.
I love this blessed way. Oh, it is so
sweet to trust in Jesus! Dear ones,
pray for us and the work at this
place. We have four prayer- meet-ings
a week. The Lord is with us.
Praise God for his keeping power!
Your saved and sanctified sister,
JENNIE SMITH.
FUNKHOUSER, ILL.
DEAR SAINTS: I do thank God
and praise his holy name for sal-vation.
God in his mercy is keep-ing
me saved, trusting in him. He
has done a great work in my heart
in taking out the works of the
enemy and giving me a satisfied
mind, which I did not have before
I gave my heart to God. I give
him all the glory. We meet to-gether
some times twice a week,
and the Lord does wonderfully
bless us. I desire your prayers for
my unsaved husband and family,
and also for the healing of my
daughter Annie. She has been
afflicted with chills and fever since
September. Your sister on the
forward move for Christ,
SARAH C. SKIPPER.
OUR CHRIST.
In Christ I feel the heart of God,
Throbbing from heaven through earth.
Life stirs again within the clod,
Renewed in beauteous birth.
The soul springs up, a flower of prayer,
Breathing his breath out on the air.
In Christ I touch the hand of God,
From his pure heights reached down,
By blessed ways before untrod,
To lift us to our crown;
Victory that only perfect is
Through loving sacrifice, like his.
Holding his hand, my steady feet
May, walk the air, the seas;
On life and death his smile falls sweet,
- Lights up all mysteries;
stranger nor exile can I be
In new worlds where he leadeth me.
Not my Christ only; he is ours;
Humanity's close bond;
Key to its vast, unopened powers,
Dream of our dreams beyond,
What yet we shall be none can tell;
Now we are his, and all is well.
Sekcted.
never deceive her, nor can his affections
be won by the stranger. Obedience then
is the base of all spiritual conjugal
excellence.
That which is joined unto the Lord is
one spirit, and that which is joined to a
harlot ( sect) is one body. Read i Cor.
613- 17. Therefore no one can be joined
to a sect and belong at the same time to
the body of Christ in its organized form.
By this we do not intend to say that no
one in the past could be a Christian,
while a member of an institution of man,
for we believe many of God's people have
been deceived and led into sectism or he
could not with propriety call for such to
come out of her. See Rev. 18: 4,5.
God's saved ones being the body of
Christ ( 1 Cot 12: 27), the body could
not be complete without the union of
all these members, which have been
severed from each other by the cruel
heretical knife. As Paul uses the
physical body to represent the spiritual,
we shall appropriate to ourselves the
same privilege, to convey more clearly.
our line of thoughts.
It has been tested by scientific experi-ment
that individuals who had a limb of
the body amputated could realize a
relation of sensation existing between the
amputated limb and the body from which
it had been severed. The person in the
state mentioned could know the position
in which the severed limb was placed and
the changes that were transpiring, though
many feet from the body. The medium
of this sympathy or the life entity of the
limb that was dying, though not dead,
was spiritual; therefore it could hold
communion with both the amputated
limb and body. But as soon as the limb
was entirely dead there was no sympathy.
Just so with the spiritual body, or
church. Christ is the head, the main
feature of the body, unto which every
member should be joined. The amputat-ing
knife of sectism has severed many
members from the beautifully organized
and divine body. Be it remembered that
the spiritual and divine entity is the real
body, while the members are but its
instrumentalities. Therefore the body
must have the free use of all its instru-ments,
or its forces are not wholly
organized.
" Wherefore we receiving a king-dom
which cannot be moved, let us
have grace, whereby we may serve
God acceptably with reverence and
godly fear."— Heb. 12: 28.
" Work out your own salvation
with fear 9nd trembliag."— Phil. 2: 12.
" Whosoever among you feareth
God, to you is the word of this salva-tion
sent."— Acts 13: 26.
" In every nation he that feareth
him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him."— Acts io: 35.
Certainly then, we can unhesitat-ingly
assert that the fear of the Lord
is the law of the wise— is now, has
been, and ever will be. If the reader
would understand further the
characteristics and results of this
fear, let him read Psa. i9: 4; Prose to:
27 and 14: 26; Mal. 4: 2; Pa. 34: 9.
Surely the word of God is full of this
theme, but space will not permit
further quotations here.
Finally, then, a word of explanation
as to why these thoughts have been
brought out. It is because of the
conditions cited in a former article
— conditions which can be traced to
no source so successfully as to a lack
of the proper fear of God. No one
need mistake this for the " fear which
hath torment." Such is the fear of
the ungodly and the sinner— all who
know they are not prepared to meet
God. But the fear herein set forth is
the grand characteristic of the child
of God— who so loves his heavenly
Father as to be constantly careful to
please him; so honors him as to keep
all his commandments and delight
in them; so trusts him as to believe
all his promises, and act accordingly.
Then, the fear of the Lord Will such an one grow weary in well
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MAHASKA, KAN.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I praise
God for the privilege of testifying
to the saving power of God. The
Lord has saved us from all the
works of the enemy, and has given
us power over all the powers of
the enemy. To God I give ail the
glory. Praise his name forever!
I began to serve God about six
years ago, and I am determined
to live for him. I can see where
I have made many mistakes in the -
past, but my prayer is that I may
live closer to God. I desire the
earnest prayers of all the saints who
read this that I may live humble
and low at Jesus' feet, and this is my
determination. We expect , the
coming week to go to Smith Center,
Kansas. Any one desiring to write
to us can address us there. Your
saved and sanctified brother in
Christ, T. A. PHILLIPS.
commission of the twelve and seventy,
for without this we have no guidance
as to our entering the gospel field.
First we turn to Matt. 4: 18- 22 and
read, " And Jesus, walking by the sea
of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon
called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for they
were fishers. And he saith unto them,
Follow me, and I will make you
fishers of men. And they straightway
left their nets, and followed him.
And going on from thence, he saw
other two brethren, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a
ship with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets; and he called
them. And they immediately left
the ship and their father, and follow-ed
him."
Here are the first four we have on
record that Jesus called; and they
immediately left their work and
followed him. This I always thought
meant they started right out to
preach; but the Word does not say
so. It says they " followed him;
They were learning of Jesus, as he
went about preaching and healing
the sick, casting out devils, etc., to
the 9th chapter and 9th verse. Here
he saw Matthew sitting at the receipt
of custom, and he said unto him,
" Follow me; and he arose and follow
ed him." ' Now we have no record of
when the other seven were called,
but evidently it was somewhere be-tween
the fourth chapter aad tenth;
for in 1o: 1 we read: ":'' id when he
had called unto him his twelve disci-ples,
he gave tle.: in power
unclt. an spirits, to cast them cut and
to heal all manner of sieltnesses, and
all manner Of diseases." Now these
twelve who were following Jesus
( Read chapter 9 : 35 - 3.) at this place',
he called " unto him" 00: 0 and
gave them this powcr against the
works of the Devil: tied, readiee
he tells their names; e , 5th
verse it says, " The, e ! taus
sent forth."
So you see. dear : send-ing
forth, and glving ; his power,
were at the same time. Now we
know that this equipment is notiveat
to one when he is ti • st called.
While he may have the oifc tif heal-ing,
and have the Dt.\ it under his
feet through sanctification, yet he
has not the equipment spolsali of
V. I; nor was it given to tlle
when they were called; hut, it was
when they were " sent forth." Praise
God!
Next we turn to Mark 1. Read from
V. 16 to the 23d to get a good under-standing.
And again in V. 3 r, - 39 we
read: " And in the morning, rising
up a great while before day, he went
out, and departed into a solitary
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are pastors and teachers, etc.; and we
should all know our place in the
body. I had been called of God long
before I was ordained by the laying
on of hands. And until God sent
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tboo cthom seo ualn adn tdak beo cdayr. e Io nf emeed. soymoeu rs issitseterr body of Christ, no one could be mmee, I did not realize the great
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believe any such thing." If he be- helplessness, and inability and weak-lieves
that there are some Christians ness; and the longer I am in this
who are not connected with the work the less I become, and the
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bers of the body of Christ. Paul out to preach. God will make it
teaches that the body of Christ in- known when he wants you to go, and
eludes all the Christians in every you will not be so anxious to go then,
place. i Cor, 12.27; in, 2. perhaps. On the other hand, let us
4. He tells us that water baptism not be in such a hurry to lay on
is the door into his sect, while of the hands, but first be sure that the Holy
church Jesus says, " I am the door." Ghost so directs. Your saved brother,
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To the Ministry and. Workers.
EARLY beloved: My soul has
been moved for some time to
more fully set forth the Word upon
an important subject. The cry is
On Ordaining Eld. ers. heard from every direction, " Come
over and help us;" " Bring us the
6 S they ministered to the gospel of full salvation and healing;"
NO) Lodr and fasted, , the Holy
and in Matt. 9: 37,38 we read, " The
GGhhost said, Separate me BBaarrnnaabas
harvest truly is plenteous, but the
aannd SSaauul ffor the wwoorrk wwhhereunto 1
laborers are few; pray ye therefore
hhave called them. AAnnd when they
the Lord of the harvest, that he will
hhad fasted aannd prayed, and llaaid
send forth laborers into his harvest."
thei r hands on them, they sent them BBut we see the Devil is availing him-
away.—" A cts 13: 2,3. self of every opportunity possible,
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hard to wrap his dark creed in a called them," one of the greatest perhaps have had the call, are going
wrapper of Bible truth, that the un- hindrances to this reformation would forth trying to set forth the Word,
suspecting may be induced to re- be removed. Paul said, " Lay hands but do not have the anointing, and
ceive the entire bundle as truth. are doing more to close up the way
Bro. Chas. Bowers, Sarcoxie, Mo., suddenly on no man." But in many
desires correspondence from bb roth nHoetatrh we hchaut rhceh , s wayilsl : s " oImf teh oisn eb poldeya sies cases this ad monition has been utterly ftoher yt haree rdeoailn ga ngoooindt, endo tt ruuntdher, stthanadn-pen
in S. W. Missouri and S. E. ignored. " Not a novice , one newly
tell us what it is? But I think such a come to the faitht lest being lifted ing, the word of God in regard to
Kansas concerning tabernacle for one will have to be wise about what hemselves. Your unworthy servant
that part of the country. up with pride he fall into condemna-is
written; for there is but one body." tion of the D ev il." was hindered and kept from advanc-
Some time ago we made announce- After this declaration he proceeds Paul had been preaching a long ing for about one year and a half
ment that Sister Rutty's book for to prove fully the oneness of the
time before he was ordained of men. after he started out. My former
girls would be ready in May. The body of Christ, with such texts as
C omtpearae Accths 9i: 2n0 wgith aAcnts 1d3: 3 — understanding was
book is now printed and will soon be Eph. 4' 4; Rom. 12: 5; I Cor. 10: 17; I about ten years. Paul was sanctified that when one was called to preach,
aiendx vptheerect iths etaodn , d hisfa povofe st ihstie br lbeeia. n ddye rbsy, atnhde wtiem Ceoo srt. ah 1ye2sr ,: b1 " 2oTd, h 1ye 3rt, he fa2on0r e. t htIhne eocrnoene cc baluonsd ibyoe, n t nhhoee tb1oe7 f- to2erl0le. ohCteoh nebsreesgq ahunoen wpt rltyeo ah ocebh wtinaaigsn . q Atuhcaetlsi fe i9exd-: hpGreoa tdish eet onG owpdra efsoa rsc ethhne tt , lh iagenh dtg oaonsrddp aetirln. u etBhdu ootff
The Grand Junction camp meet- church." This s forms an excellent perience. " Sanctified and met for heaven which was revealed to my
ing will be held this year, the Lord wrapper of truth for his parcel. But the Master's use, and prepared unto soul by the Holy Spirit, giving me
willing, June 15- 25. We make this we must not be too hasty to receive every good work."- 2 Tim. 2: 21 " I an understands ng of the Word along
early announcement so that brethren the bundle as truth; we must undo have commanded my sanctified ones this line, and enabling me to keep
can arrange meetings elsewhere at it and examine it carefully. * * * for mine anger." my place in the body of Christ.
proper time so they can also attend We remove the first wrapper. He Bless the Lord!
the meeting at this place. further says, " This body is not Those who teach that sanctification I first started out, the dear
is a growth, are not " apt to teach"
NOTICE.
swduievm ifdin eoddf, atohnr eoi ntdh oeetnrh otermru witnhoa rwdtihso, in cihss . n" h oeHt hethraees thiPsa euxlp deridie nncoet. Asie to be ordained, baanrnoxdtiho udersi dwto h nsooemet Imw weaa mns otwv tieto ho , ub wte fa oisrn G vmoedryy,
We wish to call attention to the well substantiated with scripture, as some do now, and those who ask way; so he would try and help me
matter contained in the first part of quoting I Cor. 1: 13; Matt. 12: 25; should not feel disappointed when along all he could by encouraging
this column. These instructions are Mark 3: 24; Luke II : 14. those whom they ask refuse because me to take the stand and preach,
mostly new, and should be carefully We remove the second wrapper. the Holy Ghost does not approve of and not get behind him. So I would was the twelve] followed after him.
studied. Again, he says, " In conclusion I wish it. venture out and get up a message And when they had found him, they
The date, showing when your to ask, for the benefit of those who The qualifications are given in I sometimes ( in the place of getting it said unto him, All men seek for thee.
subscription is due, will hereafter be believe in the ' Church Branch' Tim. 3, and Titus 1, and unless a down from above), and would try to And hesaid unto them, Let us go into
annexed to your name on your paper theory, how many true churches did man or woman fulfill the require- preach, but I suppose the congrega-n'•
the next towns, that I - eay oparmeeachI
subscriptions expire.
or wrapper, as the case may be. Christ originate? The answer must merits there written and the Holy tion was glad when I
was through, there also; for therefore
Thus, all may know just when their be, One. Then how many false Ghost approve of the ordination,
churches did he set up? The answer those who ordain such commit grostsh eb erceaaussoen I thhaadt nGoo adn ohiandti nngo— t fyoert
af onrdt hc. a
cast
t
synagogues throughout all Galilee,
Aountddehveilsp. nreached in their
through
must be, None." This also is an Un-answerable
truth.
error. sent me to preach. I always had an
I have heard that some who are abundance of liberty in exhortation Here Mark tells us plainly that
We remove the third wrapper. claiming to be sent of God to preach, and working at the altar; and when- Jesus was doing the preaching; for
are now iinto or of sseennd their cchhiillddren to Babylonian ever the dear brother's voice would in V. 38 he says, " Let us go into the
parcel and we find these wrappers Sunday- school, from which God says fail him, God would give me a mes-
We the interi orthe
next towns, that I may preach."
ewnocrldoss eitd a osn feo lllaorwgse: f" aNlsoewh othode . B Haep - w he assh " obuecldo m" ceo tmhee houabt; i" t abtieocna uofs ed esvhiles smaugceh w tirtohu tbhleed aanboouintt minyg . c oSnod Iit iwonas. V" A. 3n6d ith sea pyrse tahcehye dfo." ll— owVe. d3 a9f. t eAr nhdim in.
—
tist church is either this body, or and the hold of every foul spirit"— I thought if I was called I ought to Now turn to chapter 3: 13- 15
not this body: and ( 1) if it is not not a very inviting place to send those preach, but I could not; so the Devil a" An dn dc a hil ee tgho
unto
tn ht 0 uh ip mi n wt oh 0 a hmountain
ewould:
this body, no man should join it; and whom God hath commanded us to would say to me, " You are not called."
when we get any one to join it, we " bring up in the nurture and admoni- Oh, dear ones, the buffeting I suffered [ this was including the twe] vel and
get them to sin. ( 2) If it is this tion of the Lord." But God said of the Devil, for one year and a half! they came unto him. And he or-
bgoedt yi, n tthoe int , t hise toon lbye s bcraippttuizreadl winatyo t iot " thhoaltd a fnas et ltdheer fsahitohufuldl wboer don," e " tthoa Ht ael lk tehpet tmimee b; oanthde irne dth oev deer empeysste tlrfi adlsa mwnitehd h tiwme lv[ ce, o, ltahbaot rtehresy,] sahnodu ltdhabte
* But some one may say, I don' t he may be able by sound doctrine I would almost make up my mind to he might send them forth
believe there will be any one saved both to exhort and to convince the quit the work and go home; then he to preach, and to have power to heal
"
but the Baptists? I answer, I do not gainsayers." " Have no fellowship would quote this scripture to me sicknesses, and to cast out devils.
o f my body. Sadie teach, ' neither do I believe any such bwuitth r aththee ur nrefrpuroitvfue lt hweomrk." s of darknespsr ( eIa Ccohr . n 9o: t1 6th): e " Wgoosep iesl . u" nTtho em De eivf iIl oHrderaei nMeadr ko ft eGllos du sto w p hreenac thh; e yit wwaerse
In a very wily manner he here While we are to show all men that is very cunning about quoting scrip-
-
Pray earnestly for the healing of my insinuates that the Baptist sect is the we love them, yet we must not par- ture, but he always uses it at the wwhheenn t hhee yf iwrsetr cea slleendt tfohrethm, a. nTdo noort
damn says, means proper
wife, who is afflicted with consumption.
J. L. Mitchell. properly,
I one body of Christ. This clause is take of their sins. While we wrong time. By the help of God
for Sister Nancie
Pray Doplace, false for the following reasons. become all things to all men, we must and guidance of the Holy Spirit we h
shall use this scripture in its proper " to set [ Read isa. 62: 6.1, to establish
place, and set forth the Word upon to invest with' •
Phoenix. She is a great sufferer from .
I The bbooddyy of Christ is nowhere not forget to preach sound doctrine,
or sacerdotal power. '
rheumatism with ossified joints. n in a particular office, or order; hence,
praye rfso rhe rd ht h may — themselves
Mrs. Minnie Oliver, Sidney, Ia., requests i
i the New Testament called by the and practice what we preach. I am
• Baptist name. aware that some of those who have this subject, so that every one can
s " Church of God" is the name been ordained have been in too clearly see th in heaven's power ggiivveenn those sent fo
t
a ministerial function
Tt
ti. s pisietahs:
sary and receive the help needed. • See Acts 20: 28; I Cor. I : I, 2; io: 32; All are not sent to preach, but some I We will start with the call
delivered from the powers of the dryer-; God has given to the body of Christ. much hurry to, go and evangelize. great mirror. -
and 16: 17,18. Praise God for theglorious
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THURSDAY, APR. 8, 1897.
A Falsehood Wrapped in the Troth.
Noah Duncan, Marion Welch, Win. Gilkey,
Geo. E. Coffin, Paul Roshto, (. 1 M. Richard-son,
W. 3. Henry, J. C. Peterman, J. W.
Swallow, David Evans.
Bro. J. L. Green, Portland, Ore.,
writes that they are in need of a
tabernacle for the work in Oregon.
Brother B. E. Warren and other
brethren are now preparing a new
song book, which will probably be
ready in a few months. Any one
having some good songs, either
music or words, which could be used
to the glory of God in this way can
send at once to him at this place or
at 59 Plymouth Place, Chicago, III.,
where he is at present. Let us pray
that the Lord may enable the breth-ren
to prepare some precious songs
for gospel work.
Requests for Prayer.
Pray for the healing
Buchanan.
read Matt. io: I; Luke io: 19; Mark
G. L. COLE.
Kaser to Chicago, All pray for
me that I may not be long detained
out of the battle for God.
Your saved brother,
NEWAYGO, MICH , March 28.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: Since
our last report the Lord has kept us
saved and on the battle- field for God
waging war against sin and Satan.
Praise the Lord! There is a large
field through here for gospel work.
There were a few consecrations at
the last two places. This is a seed-sowing
time at this place. The people
have not had the privilege of hear-ing
the straight word of God, but,
thank the Lord, he has a few who
have proved true to God amid all
the false teaching and deceptions of
the Devil. The Lord willing, there
will be a tabernacle meeting at
Howard City to begin May 6. Bro.
Wm. Warren is expected to assist.
Let all the dear saints in the sur-rounding
community lay by as the
Lord has prospered them to help
carry on the meeting, so the burden
will not be all upon one or two
( r Cor. 16: 1,2, ), and the Lord will
bless you in basket and store. Prov.
3: 9,10. Let all come who can.
Your humble brother and sister in
defense of the gospel,
LEROY AND DELLA SHELDON.
next went to Milton, where we held
about two weeks and gave instruction
in vocal music each evening. All
received quite a benefit. From there
wife and I came to Nemaha City,
where we • preached one night and
then came on to Auburn, Neb., and
after a few day's delay began meet-ing
at Glen Rock, in the M. E. house,
where the Lord wonderfully anointed
us in teaching the word, for nearly
five weeks. Notwithstanding the
bad roads and weather and the
amount of sickness prevalent, there
was good attendance and the best of
interest, and most of the accumulated
prejudice was swept away by the
truth. About thirteen consecra-tions
was the result. Several made
their escape from Babylon. We will
commence meeting Saturday night
at Nemaha City, and continue for
two or three weeks; then will prob-ably
go to Brock for a short time
and then will begin wending our
way to Grand Junction for the June
C. M. Any wishing us to stop on
the way, write us at Nemaha City,
Neb. Your brother and sister in
Christ,
E. G. AND SUSAN B. MASTERS.
PAWNEE CITY, NEBR., Mar. 28.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS; We
greet you once more in the name of
Jesus. We are glad to report to you
good health of soul and body, for
which we praise God. We had a
profitable meeting at Eibing. It con-tinued
about six weeks with good
interest and good attendance.
Several were saved and some healed
by the power of God, for which we
give him all the . glory. The Lord
has a dear little church at that place
and they have regular meetings.
Any of God's ministers passing
through that way would be gladly
received and cared for. We went
to Ramona, Kans., March 3, remain-ed
over Sunday with the church at
that place, and had a . very precious
little meeting with them. ' Went to
Bushong March 8, had meeting there
over two Sundays, and the Lord was
pleased to give us a very precious
and profitable meeting at this place.
Some who had gotten . away from
the Lord came back to Father's
house and got saved. The church
was much benefited and strengthened.
Bro. and Sister Smith and Co. . s top-ped
there a few days before we came
away, on their way to Grand Junc-tion.
They expected to remain over
the coming Sabbath with the church
at Bushong. We came to this place
the 26th, commenced. meeting 27th.
We have a hall rented, and expect to
have street meeting, visit from house
to house, and do all we can for the
salvation of the lost. We ask your
earnest prayers that God may help
us to declare the whole counsel of
God with the burning love of Jesus,
that souls may be won to him. We
remain your brother and sister in
Jesus, C. E. AND NORA HUNTER.
Creek, Mo., where several souls religion, and waxing worse and 0.1e in the body, Re pt by obedience,
were saved and bodies healed. We worse each day; yea, and then see RANDLE STURGIS.
GAINES S PATIOS, MICH.
DEAR CHiLDREN OF ( SOD: While
we are scattered and a great distance
between us, yet we are compact and
knit together in love in the one
body. Of a truth we eau say this
morning that we are the Lord's
and he is ours, and we have that
set up in our hearts that the world
cannot enjoy, neither can man take
it away. Same say the ordinances
are abolished with the law and
commandments. But thank God we
are not simply living by faith
alone, but by every word of Jesus,
and that takes in the ordinances,
and that is an evidence of our faith.
Faith without works is dead.
gospel equipment, whereby Satan
must fall as lightning from his
lofty places. Luke to: 18.
In our next letter we will continue
this thought, and show some of the
devices of the Devil to deceive along
this line. JAS. B. PETERMAN.
News from the Field.
HAWTHORN, S. C., Mar. 29.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel
led of the Lord to report victory
over the Devil. We have just re-turned
from Blackville, S. C., about
thirty miles east of this place, where
we went and held three meetings.
Two precious souls were sanctified,
and one consecrated for justification.
Many believe the word of God and
God is working. there. We ask
your prayers tor them. Praise the
dear Lord for the steadfastness of
the church here! We expect to go
about eight miles from here. Yours
in the one body,
H. C. CORBETT AND CO.
RINGGOLD, LA., March 25.
DEAR BELOVED SAINTS: We greet
you again through the Lord's paper.
We are well and joyful in glory, with
perfect victory over all the powers
of hell. We just closed a seed- sow- fl
time here last night, with many
seemingly anxious to becOme more
acquainted with Jesus, but no one
came out for God. There are some
honest and anxious souls at Ringgold.
All help us pray for them, as they
requested us to do. We feel there
will be a great harvest of souls in
the near future in these parts.
Blessed are they that sow beside all
waters. Isa. 31: 20. We go from
here to Loves Lake and begin meet-ing.
We will soon start south, the
Lord willing. We are learning more
how to trust Jesus. Oh, help me
praise the Lord forhis goodness.
Remember me in • your prayers.
Yours saved and on the advance for
God, R. H. OWENS.
667 CHERRY ST.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Mar. 22.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: This
morning finds me saved, and still
trusting in the one that called me
out in this glorious light. I can say
the Lord is blessing the work here,
although there are many things to
contend with. But we are not look-ng
for an easy job, and his grace is
sufficient. Praise his name! Some
say that I am undertaking too much
to run a mission without any means
and against the opposition that is
here, but thank God that when be
directs he also will back it up. My
husband helps. what he can, but his
work has been out of the city in
different places, and he has been
very busy. There are many that
need salvation. Yesterday I went to
a meeting in the jail, and found
many hungry for the truth. Breth-en,
there is a great spiritual famine
here. Who will help in some way
a feed them the bread of life? I
work among the sick in different
parts of the city, and how glad they
are to find that God has a people
hat cares for them. May the Lord
bless his work everywhere. Your
ister in Christ,
ARVILLA FILHOUR.
ELEANOR, PA., April
Since our last report through the
TRUMPET we have been saved and
kept by the goodness and love of
God. We have been kept busy for
orne time getting a little home and
place for our family, in which the
Lord has greatly helped us. The
aints have built a house of worship
here, and now have a comfortable
place to meet in, for which we are all
very thankful. Any of God's ministers
passing through near here will
find many warm hearts and welcome
homes and quite a number of real
children of God who love the whole
truth. This is a mining town of
about 2000 people of different nation-alities.
it will be our future home,
the Lord willing. Those desiring
tabernacle meetings the coming sum-mer
write us as soon as you can and
we will fill all the calls we can, as the
Lord directs. We do earnestly re-quest
the dear children of God to
pray that we may feel a real eternal
responsibility as we go out among
the lost people and that we may
truly be useful for our God, who has
saved us and placed us in the body
as it has pleased himself.
I. S. McCoy AND COLABORERS.
t
he hurse carrying almost every
hour some lifeless form to the city
of the dead, there to remain until
the last mighty trump shall sound
bringing forth both quick and dead
to stand before God in the judg-ment,
I am made, I say, to call to
the household of faith for help to
get the truth before the people— not
for me alone, but in every way.
I believe it our duty to do all we can
in sending the GOSPEL TRUMPET to
every address we can, both in
the United States and in foreign
lands; and I have done all I can in
this way, but for lack of stamps to
pay poastage I have not sent as
often as I would like to. I could
use thousands of tracts and papers
in this city, if I had them and could
stay here. I have been earnestly
asked to rent a large hall, which I
can get for $ ro per month, and
open a permanent place of worship.
But this takes money ' which we
have not, neither has - God led us
to do so yet. We have always been
fed and clothed, but that is not
getting the gospel before the people
fast enough. It will take the utter-most
exertion of every saint to get
this gospel ta the people before the
appearing of Christ. So, dear
saints everywhere, I entreat of you,
do all you can in spreading the
gospel, helping the true ministry
along, and looking after the needs
of their families; for if you do not,
God will hold you accountable.
Dear brethren, let us push the work
in Oregon until the end comes.
There iS a nice taberinacle here that
is 35x50- 8 ft. wall, 8 ounce duck, all
complete, and been used only one
year. The price is about $ 35. I
believe, if possible, it should be
purchased for the valley work. We
are now holding meetings for a
short time in a hall at 34. and Bell-mont
St., East Portland. I also pray
God that none of the dear ministers
will use any money given to them to
strew their paths with earthly
n wer s. Your saved brother,
J. L. GREEN.
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BUSHONG, KANS., Mar. 31.
To THE SAINTS, GREETING: From
Newkirk, Okla., we came to Arkan-sas
City and held a good meeting.
The church was much strengthened
by the word of the Lord going forth.
Some were saved and a few healed.
From there we came to Western
Park and had a few meetings, and
one brother was healed of rheuma-tism.
Then we came here, met with
Bro. and Sister Hunter, and had a
precious meeting. A few souls were
saved and others healed of divers
diseases. To God be all the glory.
Expect to start for Vineland, Doug-las
Co., soon as the weather and
roads permit. I am so glad that I
can testify to full salvation, saved
and kept by Christ alone. Praise
his holy name! We are in company
with Bro. and Sister Newkirk and
Sister Randolph, all bound for the
Grand Junction C. M. We desire
the prayers of all the saints. Our
address will still be for a while
Western Park, Kan. Yours in the
faith of Jesus,
Wm. N. AND S. SMITH.
W Y MORE, NEB., Mar. 29.
Our little stay in Phcenix, Ariz
fi was precious to our hearts and much
appreciated by the little church there
Ten were baptized, and per-haps
twenty happy saints joyfully
participated in the " washing of the
saints' feet," also the " loaf and cup."
There were a few . consecrations for
pardon and purity, also some were
enabled to accept Christ as their
physician. Some were healed and
others are expecting, among whom
is Sister Nancie Doplace, a great
sufferer from rheumatism, with
ossified joints. The Spirit has
encouraged our hearts much and
we were stirred to make request for
the prayers of all the faithful that
those joints may be limbered and
that she may again walk (" leap and
praise God"). We left Phcenix on
the 22d and had a prosperous
journey to this place. Sister Mary
goes to Windsor, Mo, and Dema
BAKER, OLKA.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I be-lieve
it is to the glory of God for
me to tell what the Lord has been
doing for me and my family. We
were sick with something like the
grippe. We called for the elders
and were anointed according to
James 5: 14, 15, and were healed,
for which we give God all the glory.
0 praise his name! I am saved and
sanctified to - do his whole will.
Your brother, W. T. NAZWORTHY.
PORTLAND, ORE,
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I am
glad I am still saved, sanctified, and
am keeping" my marriage vow with
Christ my head. Hos. 1: 19, 20. Rom,
7: 4. Eph. 1; 22, 23. I Cor. 12: 27.
Praise God for the chaste bride
( 2 Cor. 11: 2), which has only one
husband or head ( Eph. 5: 23) ; and
for a husband that has only one
Wide. Cant. 4: 7 and 6: 9 Dear
brethren and sisters, especially in
Oregon, as I am doing all I can in
the city of Portland for GJd and
souls, I am constrained to make an
appeal to you for help, which is
the first I have ever made definite
since coming to the • West. Not
because it was not my duty, but
for fear I would get in the Christ-less
rut of money- begging and
thus dishonor God or abuse my
liberty in the gospel. But to- day
as I look out on the widespread
city in the valley below and then
AUBURN, NEB., Mar. 25. turn and see the many adjoining
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: Since villages covering the surrounding
our last report we in company with hills and know that it is almost
B . Haynes held a meeting at Mill whonl ly give to idolatrye, or apostat
OPEN DOOR MISSION,
59 PLYMOUTH PLACE,
CHICAGO, ILL.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I am truly
praising the Lord for salvation
and for victory over all the powers
of the enemy. The Lord has
wonderfully healed me of rheuma-tism,
for which I give him all the
glory. Praise his dear name for-ever!
I can say with a heart full oi
love to Gad, 0.1 at I an saved,
sanctified, satisfi sd, and kept by his M' ighty power. CHAS. PARNELL.
THEEIg CO MPANION,
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It instructs them in matters of pe-culiar
interest that all, after reaching
the proper age, should know. This
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to- day suffering from the effects of
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many of them ignorantly, while
young; and many are still engaged
in these secret practices, who are so
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Innocence
1ST. FOR JUSTIFICATION.
The Jewish tabernacle was a clear
figure of the New Testament church.
Its twofold service typified two de-grees
of grace in Christ's salvation.
Before entering the " holy place" was
the brazen altar, also the laver.
This typified the sinner " dead in
trespasses and sins" offering • himself
to God for pardon: also his quicken-ing
into life by the ' washing of re-generation,"
and induction by faith
through Christ into the grace of
justification. But what is included
In this consecration?
First, the sinner must have a real
Bible conviction, a realization of his
lost condition. When he gets this,
he becomes awakened, alarmed.
The thundering judgments of God's
word ring in his soul. ' The awful
chasm of hell opens before him, and
66 ND who then is willing to
C, C consecrate his service this
day unto the Lord?"-- t Chron. 29: 5.
" Consecrate yourselves to- day to the
Lord, * ** that he may bestow upon
you a blessing this day."- Ex. 32: 29.
Consecration, when brought to the
real Bible standard of full salvation,
means more than the majority of
people realize. I am convinced that
but few experience the real depth
of its meaning. Let us briefly ex-amine
the Word, which is a search-light,
and may the blessed Spirit ap-ply
the truth to every heart.
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other step may sink his soul in the
shades of eternal night. He begins
to cry to God with all his might for
mercy. He prays in real earnest,
regardless of his surroundings or
what the people may think or say.
In this dark hour the voice of Jesus
comes with these words: " Come un-to
me *** and I will give you rest."
" I came to seek and to save the lost."
These words melt his heart. The
" fallow ground" begins to break up.
Godly sorrow now fills his heart.
He sees that the God whom he has
sinned against is his friend, and is
now ready to help him. God's good-ness
leads him to repentance."
" Godly sorrow worketh repentance."
His soul yearns for salvation. He
must have it. He is willing to meet
any Bible condition. He sees him-self
the " chief of sinners," and be-gins
to confess to God. i Jno.
He now prays more earnestly than
before. He promises that he will
make confession to all he has wrong-ed,
even though it may take him to
the penitentiary Prov. 28: 13. As
far as lies in his power he will make
every wrong right with his fellow
man, though in some cases it will be
humiliating. He cares not for this,
he must have salvation. Nothing
shall stand in his way. Eze. k. 33: 15.
Deut. 4: 29. He solemnly promises
God that by his grace he will never
again sin against him. He forsakes
all his sinful habits and ways. He
throws his tobacco away, and prom-ises
God to never again use it. He
lays off his jewelry, and promises
God to dress plain, and not go to
places of worldly amusements, such
as fairs, shows, festivals, picnics,
base hal games, etc. These things
lose their charms for him. Isa. 55: 7.
j110. 2: 15, 16. Rom. 12: 2. He
gives up every idol. He forgives
every enemy. Matt. 6: 14, 15. He
gives up every friend. Though wife,
children, or every one on earth turns
against him, he consecrates to stand.
He will stand alone. Matt. 10: 22,
35- 39. He will follow Jesus anywhere.
Matt. 16: 24. He now surrenders all
- possessions, life, friends, yea " all
that he hath." Luke 14: 33. These
are some of the conditions to be met
in a real consecration for justifica-tion.
When the last condition is
met, and he steps out on the prom-ises
of God, faith mounts up and
touches the atonement, and the " wit-ness"
comes to his soul, so clear, so
definite, that he can never doubt it.
He now has " peace with God."
The Faith.
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should earnestly contend for the
faith once delivered unto the saints."
- Jude 3.
Here is an exhortation to the sanc-tified
from the word of God, by Jude,
the servant of Jesus Christ, that ye
should earnestly contend; for ( or
because) certain men have crept in
unawares. Jude 4. Not into the
church, but in among the brethren.
Read 2 Pet. 2: r and Jude 4. While it
is necessary to speak more of these
fellows further on, we wish to write
more particularly of " the faith once
delivered to the saints." Their testi-monies
will be the strongest proof
of that which had been delivered
unto them.
THE FAITH DEFINED.
" And when they were come to the
multitude, there came to him a cer-tain
man, kneeling down to him, and
saying, Lord, have mercy on my son,
for he is sore vexed, for ofttimes he
falleth into the fire, and oft into the
water. And I brought him to thy dis-ciples
and they could not cure him.
Then Jesus answered and said, 0
faithless and perverse generation,
how long, shall l be with you? How
long shall I suffer you? Bring him
hither to me. And Jesus rebuked
the devil, and he departed out of
him; and the child was cured from
that very hour. Then came the
disciples to Jesus apart, and said;
Why could not we cast him out?
And Jesus said unto them, Because
of your unbelief; for verily I say un-to
you, If ye have faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, RemoveJrçc f, yonder
place, and it shall remove."
Matt. 17: 14- 20.
" And on the morrow, when they
were come from Bethany, he was hun-gry:
and seeing a fig tree afar off hav-ing
leaves, he came, if haply he might
find anything thereon: and when he
came to it he found nothing but
leaves ***. And Jesus answered
and said unto it, No man eat fruit
of thee hereafter forever. And his
disciples heard It ***. And in the
morning as they passed by they saw
the fig tree dried up from the roots,
and Peter calling to remembrance
saith unto him, Master, behold the
fig tree which thou cursedst is with-ered
away; and Jesus answering
saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, that who-soever
shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed and be thou cast
into the sea; and shall not doubt in
his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to
pass, he shall have whatsoever he
saith."- Mark I : 1 2- 14, 20- 23.
Jesus did not say they would re-move
mountains, but he did say they
could if they had the faith. So also
they could have cast out the spirit
with which the child was possessed,
and whatsoever they might have s iid,
it would have come to pass. And
this is the very faith that was once
delivered to the saints.
PETER'S TESTIMONY.
" Simon Peter, a servant and an
apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that
have obtained like precious faith
with us through the righteousness of
God, and our Savior Jesus Christ."-
2 Pet. m: r.
JOHN'S TESTIMONY.
" And this is the victory that over-cometh
the world, even our faith."
jno. 5: 4. " And this is the confidence
faith that takes no denial] that we
have in him, that if we ask anything
according to his will, he heareth us;
and if we kno that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we
have the petitians that we desired of
15.
TUDE'S TESTIMONY.
" But ye, beloved, building up your-selves
on your most holy faith, pray-ing
in the Holy Ghost."- Jude 20.
PAUL'S TESTIMONY.
" I am crucified with Christ; never-theless
I live, yet not l e but Christ
liveth in me; and the life I now live,
I live by the faith of the Son of
God."- Gal. 2: 20. " For we walk by
faith, not by sight."- 2 Cor. 5: 7.
By these corroborating testimonies
( Read Mark 16: 17, 18.) we clearly
see that the faith which Jesus had
when he caused the fig tree to wither
away, when he healed the sick and
cast out devils, was delivered unto
the saints as a possession. " And by
the hands of the apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among
the people." But papal darkness
soon covered the earth, and the
church no longer gave her light, yet
the Lord had a place prepared for
her where she was nourished a
thousand two hundred three score
days of papal darkness, and the
cloudy day that followed; but now
the Lord has brought again Zion,
and his watchman lift up the voice
and with the voice together they
sing ( preach the same thing); for
they see eye to eye. See Isa. 58: 7- 8.
And in obedience to the command
of the Lord ( Isa. 58: 1) Zion has put
on her strength again. For this
cause she has many enemies, yea
even many of the hireling ministry;
the foremost and most popular scoff
at the " word of faith which we
preach."
Beloved, here is a call from heaven
that ye put to silence these evil men,
" Arise, arise, put on thy strength, 0
Zion." " It was needful for me to
write unto you that ye should
earnestly contend for the faith once
delivered to the saints." Some
brethren think because they are not
ministers, they do not need much
faith. If you have not faith to be-lieve
and obey " the word of faith"
which we preach, your consecration
is a failure and you are not an in-
2ND. FOR SANCTIFICATION.
Before entering through the second
vail ( of the tabernacle) into the
" holy of holies," was the golden al-tar.
Ex. 30: 1- 1o. This clearly typi-fied
a second offering or presenting
of ourselves to God before we reach
the " fullness" of " eternal redemp-tion."
Christ is the sanctifying al-tar
in the midst of the church. All
who have attained to the experience
of justification have yet the " carnal
nature" in their hearts. The com-mand
to them is, " Go on unto per-fection."
" This is the will of God,
even your sanctification."
But before entering this glorious
experience, an offering of ourselves
must be made upon the " golden al-tae-
Christ Jesus. Paul writing
to the Roman brethren who were
already justified, says: " Even so now
yield your members servants to
righteousness, unto holiness."- Rom.
6: 19. " SO NOW PRESENT YOUR MEM-BERS
BOUND TO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
FOR SANCTIFICATION.”-- EMphatic
Dia. glott.
" I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that ye pre-sent
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. *** that ye
may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect will of God."
Rom. 12: 1, 2.
Here " brethren" who have been
regenerated----" made alive from the
dead," Rom. 6: 13- are commanded
to present themselves to God for
sanctification." This is to take
place " now." It includes a perfect
heart consecration of ourselves to
God; an entire searching out of our
whole moral being; an inward prob-ing,
and dissecting with the " sword
of the Spirit." Heb. 412. A com-plete
death to self- will and reputa-tion.
We must take sides against
self; must suffer this probing and
searching out of idols to proceed un-til
the whole realm of our moral be-ing-,
the deepest point of our will is
brought under the mirror of divine
truth. This reveals many hidden
" creatures" or inward " enemies."
Pride, selfishness, stubbornness, un-belief,
lust, anger, deceit, stiffness,
covetousness, carnal fear, harshness,
resentment, uncharitable suspicions,
evil surmising, jealousy, bitterness,
envy, inordinate affection, etc.
" Every creature is manifest." They
must die. Every last particle of
pride must be put to death.
These inward creatures of the
carnal mind now begin to plead for
some life. Like Agag, they cry,
" Surely the bitterness of death is
past." But we must not heed their
cries. They must be " mortified"
( Col. 3: 5), " crucified" ( Rom. 6: 6),
" destroyed." i Jno. 3 : 8. Although'
this " death route" seems like • a
" scourging" and " chastising" from
the Lord, and is very painful
and " seems grievous," yet it is for
" our profit, that we may be partakers
of his holiness." Heb. 12. No one
but he who has passed through this
deep heart- searching and self-crucifying
process, can form any
idea of the depth and perfection to
which this consecration must extend
before the end of self is reached. It
is like taking the " right eye" and
" right hand." Many go through a
consecration without seeing their
carnal hearts. They know nothing
of death to self. Some receive a
blessing, but fail to reach the bottom,
where they receive the " Holy Ghost
and fire." Traits of carnality will be
manifest in their lives.
0 dear readers, " dig deep," go to
the bottom. When this point is reach-ed,
faith mounts up to God, touches
the atonement, and grasps the prom-ise
of sanctification; God sends the
holy fire ( Mark 9: 49), and the altar-
Christ, with his blood- sanctifies the
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Spirit of the Lord."- 2 Cor. 3: 18.
Amen. Your sanctified brother,
H. M. RIGGLE.
Testimonies.
Consecration.
Divine Healing.
Prayer Answered.
SOTTSVILLE, Ky.
hought I would write a few
lines this morning for the encourage-ment
of some one who might be sick
and also to strengthen the faith of
others. The readers of the TRUMPET
will remember the requests for
prayer some time ago. Now we do
not only believe that God can and
does heal, but we know he does. It
seemed that Isaiah 65: 24 was fulfilled
in my case, for I began to get better
just as soon as I wrote the request,
even. before it reached its destination.
This morning, praise the Lord, I am
feeling remarkably well. It has
been ten years since we began to
take Jesus as our physician. We
have not called doctor, neither taken
a dose of medic ; ne since. People
say, " Do you never get sick ?" We tell
them yes, but Jesus is our healer. I
have been healed twice instantly of
the grippe. MRS. S. P. DAY.
Healed.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: This morn-ing
I am praising God for salvation.
For the last year I was very much
afflicted, and one week ago Thurs-day
I sent a letter to the saints re-questing
prayer on Saturday at one
o'clock for my healing, and accord-ing
to James 5: 14,15 I was anointed,
and God gave me the witness that I
was healed. Glory to his holy
name! I was very bad with a com-plication
of diseases, and my lungs
were bad, also L had heart disease.
I thought my time was here, but it
seemed the Lord willed it otherwise
and wanted me healed to his glory.
Praise his dear name forever! Our
baby was also healed of something
like cholera infantum and teething.
Husband and I prayed for her and
she was healed after being bad for
two days. To God be all the glory!
Now I am writing this that God's
name only be glorified. I ask all to
pray for me that I may have more
faith and more trust in God and be
kept humble at the feet of Jesus,
Your sister saved,
CLARINDA SCHLEEHAUF.
habitant of Zion. Zion has put on
her strength, and Jerusalem her
beautiful garments. I have gone to
places where some were professing
to be saints of God and in his church,
while at the same time they were
slowest° tobacco, medicine, delicacies,
covetousness, lust, and other evils.
I declare in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, their consecration is a
failure. While God's ministers must
have a Measure of faith to the ex-tent
of the word they preach, so
must all who are saints have the
measure of faith to the extent of
obedience to the word of faith which
Is preached to them, that the many
scoffers may be put to silence in
every community, so also that you
may be justified in the sight of God
and he the faithgiver, be glorified.
It is true the apostles had a greater
measure of faith than this, for we
read in i Cor. 12th chapter of the
gifts of faith, healing, and miracles,
which are in the church now as well
as then. But God giveth to every
man as he willeth, and he willeth to
give to him that receiveth more
grace. Eph. 4: 7. I Cor. 13: 1.
' God does not require every one to
have such a degree of faith, but by
simply believing and obeying his
word put to silence all men. Those
certain men crept in unawares, un-godly
men ( Jude , are simply false
teachers that shall rise up " among
you," ungodly men ( unjust, without
God) , beguiling unstable souls. Com-pare
Jude with ist chapter of 2 Peter.
These shall deny the only God and
our Lord Jesus Christ by - denying
the faith." These are only a few of
the many that shall speak evil of the
right way. May the Lord help us
to silence every false teacher.
These have exercised a heart with
covetous practices, and ran greedily
after the error of Baalam for reward
and perished in the gainsaying of
Core ( who was puffed up, Num. 16:
1). See 2 Peter and Jude.
This is a life of self- denial as well
as a life of faith. " Every man that
striveth for the mastery is temperate
in all things."- i Cor. 9: 25. " Whoso-ever
will come after me, let him deny
himself."-- Mark 8: 34. " He that loveth
his life shall lose it, and he that
hateth his life in this world shall
keep it unto life eternal."-- Jno. 12:
25. " Thou therefore endure hard-ness,
as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ."- 2 Tim. 2: 3. If you expect
to have power with God and see the
arm of the Lord revealed, meekness,
prayer, and fasting are necessary,
with many other things.
H. E. ROGERS.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEB.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: This day
finds us saved and praising the Lord,
advancing in the grace of God.
I am rejoicing in tribulation with
patience, and am glad I was counted
worthy of suffering even the spoil-ing
of my goods. Praise his holy
name! I praise the Lord for a com-plete
work of salvation by faith
and grace by which we are saved
Your brother in Christ, sanctified
and kept by the power of God
J. A. ZYSETT.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel
led to write a few lines to the glory
of God. I want to tell what the
Lord has done and is still doing
for me. He has saved me from
sin and keeps me saved. I do
praise the Lord for the sweet peace
that flows in my soul. I am drink-ing
at the fountain that never runs
dry. I thank God I have a friend
in Jesus who is dearer than all
earthly friends. I have chosen
rather to suffer affliction with God's
people than to enjoy the pleasure
porfa syienrs f oofr aall sGeoads'so npe. oIp ales kth taht eI
may hold out faithful to the end
Your saved brother, •
CHARLES GREENWELL.

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GOSPEL4 RUMPET.
Blow ye the Tru mpet in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain. J0e12: 1.
The Lord God sh all blow the Trumpet, and go with whirlwinds. Zech. 9: 14.
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he
Ii fteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a Trumpet, hear ye.
lea. 18: 8.
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall
gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven t o the
other. Mat. 24 : 31.
So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they
have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Eze. 34: 12. Jer. 32: 39.
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Armageddon.
CHAPTER IX.
THE CHURCH A PERFECT BODY.
N O one can be joined unto a sect
and at the same time lavish all
their affection upon the only true
Bridegroom. Christ our husband with
godly jealousy, does not, and cannot
permit us the joyful pleasure of that
heavenly congress, unless every cord of
affection is entwined with the issues of
his loving heart. Christ is a faithful and
true husband, for he never seeks access
unto any who waste their substance
elsewhere. He watches carefully the
beautiful characteristics of his spotless
bride, and in her state of chastity he
bestows the highest degree of conjugal
love. She need not be jealous, he will
Some members that were separated
from the real unity of Christ have died.
Others are almost dead, insomuch that by
the presence of any reviving influence
they become so excited as to lose sight
of the head and languish • in the grip of
death. And there are some that yet have
life enough to permit the spiritual entity
to traverse the cords of sympathy that
extend from the great spiritual head to
the pleading members that have been
severed by deception, the which are
being gathered together to permit a free
circulation of love. This is proved by
the Word. " Thus saith the Lord: As
the shepherd ta. keth out of the mouth of
the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so
shall the children of Israel be taken out
that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed
and in Damascus in a couch."— Amos
3: 12. See also Amos 6: 1. This scripture
' s now being fulfilled, as God gathers his
people out of Samaria where are so many
altars to Baal, or out of sectism where
other lords are worshiped besides Christ.
The Lord takes a small part, perchance
an ear from one place, and a leg from
another, etc., until the misused body is all
brought together; insomuch that the
divine circulation with all of its life- giving
qualities brings every member into
perfect co- operation with every other
member of the one body. Then it is
perfectly organized, and not divided.
In this state no one can be while in a
sect. While they may belong to the
body of Christ by virtue of the new birth,
yet they are not placed therein in their
respective capacity pleasingly to I God,
because they support a carnal sect.
Christ being the_ only foundation for
unity, there can be no unity until every-thing
but Christ is forsaken. The many
sects have been trying to unite, and their
means of procedure was to heap upon the
Son of God all of their wretched and
carnal divisions. This cannot be. Noth-ng
carnal can be built upon Christ.
Therefore every sect is erected on some
other basis than he who is the foundation
only of all things spiritual.
There is no element on earth issuing
rom the heart of the King of peace but
hat which would add to the joys of
heaven. Anything that would decrease
he harmony in heaven, adds to strife on
earth. Any spirit that God will not
admit into heaven, we shall fight against
while on earth. This is why we have
aken our position in Armageddon, and
are hurling the gospel volleys at the
sectarian beast; and while he roars we
battle against " spiritual wickedness in
high places" and for the standard of
truth, and gospel rights.
" And the seventh angel poured out his
vial into the air; and there came a : great
voice out of the temple of heaven, from
the throne, saying, It is done." Praise
God! Armageddon is lit up by all the
luminaries of heaven. No cloud of dark-ness
shall ever again roll across its
peaceful bosom, no wave of strife disturb
its perfect rest Shut in by its blessed
walls of glory, all the redeemed stand
together, until Jesus comes; then we are
all caught up together to see an endless
day. Armageddon, blessedArmageddon
thy joys are sweet. May we know thee
more and more. Amen.
W. A. HAYNES.
Contentment.
HE possession of this important
Christian grace will save you
from a thousand snares, and from a
thousand sorrows. The holy Savior
displayed It in his life, and taught it
by precepts. How little did he pos-sess!
How humble was his fare! No
sumptuousentertainments were made
in his lowly abode! No glitter of
finery adorned his dwelling! He
was content with the situation of a
carpenter. He was partly supported
by the kindness Of a few oious fol-lowers,
" who ministered unto him
of their substance;" and he paid a
trifle of tribute by a miracle. His
most eminent disciple manifested a
similar spirit: " I have learned in
whatsoever state I am, therewith to
be content."— Phil. 4: f I.
Similar to these examples are the
instructions addressed, in the sacred
scriptures, to the disciples of the
Savior: " Be content with such things
as you have: for he hath said, I will
never leave thee, nor forsake thee."
" Having food and raimnent, let us
therewith be content." " Be careful
for nothing: but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanks-giving,
let your requests be made
known unto God. Art thou called,
being a slave? care not for it." The
admonition given to Barak is most
important: " Seekest thou great
things for thyself? seek them not."
By discontent many have de-stroyed
their peace, and, it is to be
feared, undone their souls. Dissat-isfied
with the allotments of the Most
High, they have aimed at greater
things, and in pursuit of these have
neglected the admonitions of
conscience, have violated the precepts
of heaven; and, following the
shadows of time, have slighted and
lost the treasures of eternity. The
course of some has ended in dis-appointment;
others have succeeded
in obtaining the wealth or honor they
pursued, but have lost religion and
heaven in the pursuit. Many young
persons, employed in the service of
pious families, or in situations where
religious privileges were fully enjoy-ed,
have left such situations for
others where a few more dollars a
year might be obtained. In such
cases religion has often died. They
have gained a little worldly profit;
but it has been gained by the loss of
everlasting life; and the ruin of an
immortal soul. Ah, dreadful profit!
Wretched bargain! Deceived and
foolish purchasers! How much
happier are they, whose worldly
profits and possessions may be much
smaller, but who, taught by Jesus,
are content with such things as they
have; whose home is in the skies;
whose hearts are there; who pass
through life as travelers to heaven;
and who, having sought first the
kingdom of God and its righteous-ness,
read their title clear to the
inheritance of the saints in light.
Yours for Christ, W. D. FARNAN.
I .1
Fear God.
6 6 ND unto man he [ God] said,
f9e)
c Behold the fear of the Lord,
that is wisdom."— Job 28: 28.
For this same thought, expressed
In slightly different language, see
irii i: to; Prov. 1: 7; Prov. 9: ro.
According to the marginal reading
of Prov. /: 7- it would be, " The fear
of the Lord is the principle part of
knowledge." So we have it four
times, and from Job, David, and
Solomon, that the FEAR OF THE LORD
is the very foundation of all wisdom.
Futhermore, we are told that " wis-dom
is the principal thing" and ex-horted
to " get wisdom." Then, well
may we inquire about and make
sure of getting this very _" beginning
of wisdom!'
Do you ask, " What is the " fear of
the Lord?" Let God's word answer.
" The fear of the Lord is a foun-tain
of life, to depart from the snares
of death."— Prov. 14: 27.
" The law of the wise is a fountain
of life, to depart from the snares of
death."— Prov. 13: 14.
Now it is a geometrical axiom,
" Things that are equal to the same
thing are equal to each other."
is the law of the wise. This is capa-ble
of two solutions, either of which
is true.
First, let it be taken that the fear
of the Lord is the guiding principle,
law, first and sole aim of those who
are wise in the sight of God. To
such, how sacred is every word of
God! How they hunger and thirst
after more light, that they may know
and do the whole will of God!
Imagine, if you can, souls who thus
fear God, rejecting the truth, com-plaining
of too straight a way, and
leaving their Father's house to go
back and enjoy the pleasures of sin
for a season. Could such have a
way or a work of their own which
they would prefer rather than to
heed the call of the Lord and do his
bidding? Could a minister thus
fearing God shun to declare the
Thole truth, lest he should lose
friends or for fear that some might
pervert the gospel, or perchance he
might be considered fanatical? Has
not God promised to take care of
his Word and those that proclaim
it?
Secondly, taking God himself to
be the " wise" one, yea, the all- wise,
can it be established that his law,
the sum of his commandments to his
children is centered in " the fear of
the Lord"? God told Moses before
giving the ten- commandment law,
" Gather me the people together, and
I will make them hear my words,
that they may learn to fear me all
the days that they shall live upon the
earth, and that they may teach their
children."— Deut. 4: io Hear again
God's wish, " 0 that there were such
an heart in them that they would
fear me, and keep all my command-ments
always, that it might be well
with them and with their children
forever I"— Deut. 5 : 29.
Dare any one say that under this
Christian dispensation of love and
grace God is any the lets to be feared
and reverenced? What saith the
Word? •
doing, lay down the Christian armor,
and go over to the camp of the.
enemy? 0 let every saint ask the
question, " Where are we?" And
" let us hear the conclusion of the
whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments; for this is the
whole duty of man."
W. MILO GLEETEN.
Testimonies.
MUNCIE, IND.
DEAR BRETHREN IN CHRIST: I
am praising God for a salvation
that saves my soul and keeps me
straight for God, ready to do his
whole will. I can say that my body
is a living sacrifice for God. Your
sister in the one body and earnestly
contending for the faith once de-livered
unto the saints,
ElVIMA LEGALLEY.
MARTINSBURG, PA.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: I am
saved by the all- cleansing blood
of Jesus, and am willing to be led
by the word of God, and to medi-tate
therein day and night. I paid
the price and am dead to the world,
its fashions and allurements, such
as we read of in Ezek. 13: 18- 22.
When God says woe unto the
people, he means turn away, or it
will be eternal distruction. Praise
the Lord! The Son has made me
free, and called me out of Babylon.
I love this blessed way. Oh, it is so
sweet to trust in Jesus! Dear ones,
pray for us and the work at this
place. We have four prayer- meet-ings
a week. The Lord is with us.
Praise God for his keeping power!
Your saved and sanctified sister,
JENNIE SMITH.
FUNKHOUSER, ILL.
DEAR SAINTS: I do thank God
and praise his holy name for sal-vation.
God in his mercy is keep-ing
me saved, trusting in him. He
has done a great work in my heart
in taking out the works of the
enemy and giving me a satisfied
mind, which I did not have before
I gave my heart to God. I give
him all the glory. We meet to-gether
some times twice a week,
and the Lord does wonderfully
bless us. I desire your prayers for
my unsaved husband and family,
and also for the healing of my
daughter Annie. She has been
afflicted with chills and fever since
September. Your sister on the
forward move for Christ,
SARAH C. SKIPPER.
OUR CHRIST.
In Christ I feel the heart of God,
Throbbing from heaven through earth.
Life stirs again within the clod,
Renewed in beauteous birth.
The soul springs up, a flower of prayer,
Breathing his breath out on the air.
In Christ I touch the hand of God,
From his pure heights reached down,
By blessed ways before untrod,
To lift us to our crown;
Victory that only perfect is
Through loving sacrifice, like his.
Holding his hand, my steady feet
May, walk the air, the seas;
On life and death his smile falls sweet,
- Lights up all mysteries;
stranger nor exile can I be
In new worlds where he leadeth me.
Not my Christ only; he is ours;
Humanity's close bond;
Key to its vast, unopened powers,
Dream of our dreams beyond,
What yet we shall be none can tell;
Now we are his, and all is well.
Sekcted.
never deceive her, nor can his affections
be won by the stranger. Obedience then
is the base of all spiritual conjugal
excellence.
That which is joined unto the Lord is
one spirit, and that which is joined to a
harlot ( sect) is one body. Read i Cor.
613- 17. Therefore no one can be joined
to a sect and belong at the same time to
the body of Christ in its organized form.
By this we do not intend to say that no
one in the past could be a Christian,
while a member of an institution of man,
for we believe many of God's people have
been deceived and led into sectism or he
could not with propriety call for such to
come out of her. See Rev. 18: 4,5.
God's saved ones being the body of
Christ ( 1 Cot 12: 27), the body could
not be complete without the union of
all these members, which have been
severed from each other by the cruel
heretical knife. As Paul uses the
physical body to represent the spiritual,
we shall appropriate to ourselves the
same privilege, to convey more clearly.
our line of thoughts.
It has been tested by scientific experi-ment
that individuals who had a limb of
the body amputated could realize a
relation of sensation existing between the
amputated limb and the body from which
it had been severed. The person in the
state mentioned could know the position
in which the severed limb was placed and
the changes that were transpiring, though
many feet from the body. The medium
of this sympathy or the life entity of the
limb that was dying, though not dead,
was spiritual; therefore it could hold
communion with both the amputated
limb and body. But as soon as the limb
was entirely dead there was no sympathy.
Just so with the spiritual body, or
church. Christ is the head, the main
feature of the body, unto which every
member should be joined. The amputat-ing
knife of sectism has severed many
members from the beautifully organized
and divine body. Be it remembered that
the spiritual and divine entity is the real
body, while the members are but its
instrumentalities. Therefore the body
must have the free use of all its instru-ments,
or its forces are not wholly
organized.
" Wherefore we receiving a king-dom
which cannot be moved, let us
have grace, whereby we may serve
God acceptably with reverence and
godly fear."— Heb. 12: 28.
" Work out your own salvation
with fear 9nd trembliag."— Phil. 2: 12.
" Whosoever among you feareth
God, to you is the word of this salva-tion
sent."— Acts 13: 26.
" In every nation he that feareth
him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him."— Acts io: 35.
Certainly then, we can unhesitat-ingly
assert that the fear of the Lord
is the law of the wise— is now, has
been, and ever will be. If the reader
would understand further the
characteristics and results of this
fear, let him read Psa. i9: 4; Prose to:
27 and 14: 26; Mal. 4: 2; Pa. 34: 9.
Surely the word of God is full of this
theme, but space will not permit
further quotations here.
Finally, then, a word of explanation
as to why these thoughts have been
brought out. It is because of the
conditions cited in a former article
— conditions which can be traced to
no source so successfully as to a lack
of the proper fear of God. No one
need mistake this for the " fear which
hath torment." Such is the fear of
the ungodly and the sinner— all who
know they are not prepared to meet
God. But the fear herein set forth is
the grand characteristic of the child
of God— who so loves his heavenly
Father as to be constantly careful to
please him; so honors him as to keep
all his commandments and delight
in them; so trusts him as to believe
all his promises, and act accordingly.
Then, the fear of the Lord Will such an one grow weary in well
‘• 
MAHASKA, KAN.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I praise
God for the privilege of testifying
to the saving power of God. The
Lord has saved us from all the
works of the enemy, and has given
us power over all the powers of
the enemy. To God I give ail the
glory. Praise his name forever!
I began to serve God about six
years ago, and I am determined
to live for him. I can see where
I have made many mistakes in the -
past, but my prayer is that I may
live closer to God. I desire the
earnest prayers of all the saints who
read this that I may live humble
and low at Jesus' feet, and this is my
determination. We expect , the
coming week to go to Smith Center,
Kansas. Any one desiring to write
to us can address us there. Your
saved and sanctified brother in
Christ, T. A. PHILLIPS.
commission of the twelve and seventy,
for without this we have no guidance
as to our entering the gospel field.
First we turn to Matt. 4: 18- 22 and
read, " And Jesus, walking by the sea
of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon
called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea; for they
were fishers. And he saith unto them,
Follow me, and I will make you
fishers of men. And they straightway
left their nets, and followed him.
And going on from thence, he saw
other two brethren, James the son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a
ship with Zebedee their father,
mending their nets; and he called
them. And they immediately left
the ship and their father, and follow-ed
him."
Here are the first four we have on
record that Jesus called; and they
immediately left their work and
followed him. This I always thought
meant they started right out to
preach; but the Word does not say
so. It says they " followed him;
They were learning of Jesus, as he
went about preaching and healing
the sick, casting out devils, etc., to
the 9th chapter and 9th verse. Here
he saw Matthew sitting at the receipt
of custom, and he said unto him,
" Follow me; and he arose and follow
ed him." ' Now we have no record of
when the other seven were called,
but evidently it was somewhere be-tween
the fourth chapter aad tenth;
for in 1o: 1 we read: ":'' id when he
had called unto him his twelve disci-ples,
he gave tle.: in power
unclt. an spirits, to cast them cut and
to heal all manner of sieltnesses, and
all manner Of diseases." Now these
twelve who were following Jesus
( Read chapter 9 : 35 - 3.) at this place',
he called " unto him" 00: 0 and
gave them this powcr against the
works of the Devil: tied, readiee
he tells their names; e , 5th
verse it says, " The, e ! taus
sent forth."
So you see. dear : send-ing
forth, and glving ; his power,
were at the same time. Now we
know that this equipment is notiveat
to one when he is ti • st called.
While he may have the oifc tif heal-ing,
and have the Dt.\ it under his
feet through sanctification, yet he
has not the equipment spolsali of
V. I; nor was it given to tlle
when they were called; hut, it was
when they were " sent forth." Praise
God!
Next we turn to Mark 1. Read from
V. 16 to the 23d to get a good under-standing.
And again in V. 3 r, - 39 we
read: " And in the morning, rising
up a great while before day, he went
out, and departed into a solitary
ap luadc et , h aeyndt ht haet rlev eprrea31„-: t. ed
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h. iA. ndLtimhiochn
are pastors and teachers, etc.; and we
should all know our place in the
body. I had been called of God long
before I was ordained by the laying
on of hands. And until God sent
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To the Ministry and. Workers.
EARLY beloved: My soul has
been moved for some time to
more fully set forth the Word upon
an important subject. The cry is
On Ordaining Eld. ers. heard from every direction, " Come
over and help us;" " Bring us the
6 S they ministered to the gospel of full salvation and healing;"
NO) Lodr and fasted, , the Holy
and in Matt. 9: 37,38 we read, " The
GGhhost said, Separate me BBaarrnnaabas
harvest truly is plenteous, but the
aannd SSaauul ffor the wwoorrk wwhhereunto 1
laborers are few; pray ye therefore
hhave called them. AAnnd when they
the Lord of the harvest, that he will
hhad fasted aannd prayed, and llaaid
send forth laborers into his harvest."
thei r hands on them, they sent them BBut we see the Devil is availing him-
away.—" A cts 13: 2,3. self of every opportunity possible,
LIST OF MONET Irmo NOT OTHEINVISE RE=
if those who are qualified to or- and is gathering his forces together,
- N the BAPTIST SENTINEL of Dedcam. na enldedrs, bsy ethen ladyinign ong o f thhandes, m forth under every
3, appears an article, headed were to wait until the Holy Ghost name and cloak of profession that
` Alien Immersion" by C. H Freden- ssaaitdo,, "" So eeppaarraattee me this one, or that he can devise to decei vvteehe people;
burg, in which the oaneu, ftorh thoe rw otrkr wiehesre uvnteo rI hyaaven, d many dear honest ones too, who
hard to wrap his dark creed in a called them" one of the greatest perhaps have had the call, are going
wrapper of Bible truth, that the un- hindrances to this reformation would forth trying to set forth the Word,
suspecting may be induced to re- be removed. Paul said, " Lay hands but do not have the anointing, and
ceive the entire bundle as truth. are doing more to close up the way
Bro. Chas. Bowers, Sarcoxie, Mo., suddenly on no man." But in many
desires correspondence from bb roth nHoetatrh we hchaut rhceh , s wayilsl : s " oImf teh oisn eb poldeya sies cases this ad monition has been utterly ftoher yt haree rdeoailn ga ngoooindt, endo tt ruuntdher, stthanadn-pen
in S. W. Missouri and S. E. ignored. " Not a novice , one newly
tell us what it is? But I think such a come to the faitht lest being lifted ing, the word of God in regard to
Kansas concerning tabernacle for one will have to be wise about what hemselves. Your unworthy servant
that part of the country. up with pride he fall into condemna-is
written; for there is but one body." tion of the D ev il." was hindered and kept from advanc-
Some time ago we made announce- After this declaration he proceeds Paul had been preaching a long ing for about one year and a half
ment that Sister Rutty's book for to prove fully the oneness of the
time before he was ordained of men. after he started out. My former
girls would be ready in May. The body of Christ, with such texts as
C omtpearae Accths 9i: 2n0 wgith aAcnts 1d3: 3 — understanding was
book is now printed and will soon be Eph. 4' 4; Rom. 12: 5; I Cor. 10: 17; I about ten years. Paul was sanctified that when one was called to preach,
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The Grand Junction camp meet- church." This s forms an excellent perience. " Sanctified and met for heaven which was revealed to my
ing will be held this year, the Lord wrapper of truth for his parcel. But the Master's use, and prepared unto soul by the Holy Spirit, giving me
willing, June 15- 25. We make this we must not be too hasty to receive every good work."- 2 Tim. 2: 21 " I an understands ng of the Word along
early announcement so that brethren the bundle as truth; we must undo have commanded my sanctified ones this line, and enabling me to keep
can arrange meetings elsewhere at it and examine it carefully. * * * for mine anger." my place in the body of Christ.
proper time so they can also attend We remove the first wrapper. He Bless the Lord!
the meeting at this place. further says, " This body is not Those who teach that sanctification I first started out, the dear
is a growth, are not " apt to teach"
NOTICE.
swduievm ifdin eoddf, atohnr eoi ntdh oeetnrh otermru witnhoa rwdtihso, in cihss . n" h oeHt hethraees thiPsa euxlp deridie nncoet. Asie to be ordained, baanrnoxdtiho udersi dwto h nsooemet Imw weaa mns otwv tieto ho , ub wte fa oisrn G vmoedryy,
We wish to call attention to the well substantiated with scripture, as some do now, and those who ask way; so he would try and help me
matter contained in the first part of quoting I Cor. 1: 13; Matt. 12: 25; should not feel disappointed when along all he could by encouraging
this column. These instructions are Mark 3: 24; Luke II : 14. those whom they ask refuse because me to take the stand and preach,
mostly new, and should be carefully We remove the second wrapper. the Holy Ghost does not approve of and not get behind him. So I would was the twelve] followed after him.
studied. Again, he says, " In conclusion I wish it. venture out and get up a message And when they had found him, they
The date, showing when your to ask, for the benefit of those who The qualifications are given in I sometimes ( in the place of getting it said unto him, All men seek for thee.
subscription is due, will hereafter be believe in the ' Church Branch' Tim. 3, and Titus 1, and unless a down from above), and would try to And hesaid unto them, Let us go into
annexed to your name on your paper theory, how many true churches did man or woman fulfill the require- preach, but I suppose the congrega-n'•
the next towns, that I - eay oparmeeachI
subscriptions expire.
or wrapper, as the case may be. Christ originate? The answer must merits there written and the Holy tion was glad when I
was through, there also; for therefore
Thus, all may know just when their be, One. Then how many false Ghost approve of the ordination,
churches did he set up? The answer those who ordain such commit grostsh eb erceaaussoen I thhaadt nGoo adn ohiandti nngo— t fyoert
af onrdt hc. a
cast
t
synagogues throughout all Galilee,
Aountddehveilsp. nreached in their
through
must be, None." This also is an Un-answerable
truth.
error. sent me to preach. I always had an
I have heard that some who are abundance of liberty in exhortation Here Mark tells us plainly that
We remove the third wrapper. claiming to be sent of God to preach, and working at the altar; and when- Jesus was doing the preaching; for
are now iinto or of sseennd their cchhiillddren to Babylonian ever the dear brother's voice would in V. 38 he says, " Let us go into the
parcel and we find these wrappers Sunday- school, from which God says fail him, God would give me a mes-
We the interi orthe
next towns, that I may preach."
ewnocrldoss eitd a osn feo lllaorwgse: f" aNlsoewh othode . B Haep - w he assh " obuecldo m" ceo tmhee houabt; i" t abtieocna uofs ed esvhiles smaugceh w tirtohu tbhleed aanboouintt minyg . c oSnod Iit iwonas. V" A. 3n6d ith sea pyrse tahcehye dfo." ll— owVe. d3 a9f. t eAr nhdim in.
—
tist church is either this body, or and the hold of every foul spirit"— I thought if I was called I ought to Now turn to chapter 3: 13- 15
not this body: and ( 1) if it is not not a very inviting place to send those preach, but I could not; so the Devil a" An dn dc a hil ee tgho
unto
tn ht 0 uh ip mi n wt oh 0 a hmountain
ewould:
this body, no man should join it; and whom God hath commanded us to would say to me, " You are not called."
when we get any one to join it, we " bring up in the nurture and admoni- Oh, dear ones, the buffeting I suffered [ this was including the twe] vel and
get them to sin. ( 2) If it is this tion of the Lord." But God said of the Devil, for one year and a half! they came unto him. And he or-
bgoedt yi, n tthoe int , t hise toon lbye s bcraippttuizreadl winatyo t iot " thhoaltd a fnas et ltdheer fsahitohufuldl wboer don" e " tthoa Ht ael lk tehpet tmimee b; oanthde irne dth oev deer empeysste tlrfi adlsa mwnitehd h tiwme lv[ ce, o, ltahbaot rtehresy,] sahnodu ltdhabte
* But some one may say, I don' t he may be able by sound doctrine I would almost make up my mind to he might send them forth
believe there will be any one saved both to exhort and to convince the quit the work and go home; then he to preach, and to have power to heal
"
but the Baptists? I answer, I do not gainsayers." " Have no fellowship would quote this scripture to me sicknesses, and to cast out devils.
o f my body. Sadie teach, ' neither do I believe any such bwuitth r aththee ur nrefrpuroitvfue lt hweomrk." s of darknespsr ( eIa Ccohr . n 9o: t1 6th): e " Wgoosep iesl . u" nTtho em De eivf iIl oHrderaei nMeadr ko ft eGllos du sto w p hreenac thh; e yit wwaerse
In a very wily manner he here While we are to show all men that is very cunning about quoting scrip-
-
Pray earnestly for the healing of my insinuates that the Baptist sect is the we love them, yet we must not par- ture, but he always uses it at the wwhheenn t hhee yf iwrsetr cea slleendt tfohrethm, a. nTdo noort
damn says, means proper
wife, who is afflicted with consumption.
J. L. Mitchell. properly,
I one body of Christ. This clause is take of their sins. While we wrong time. By the help of God
for Sister Nancie
Pray Doplace, false for the following reasons. become all things to all men, we must and guidance of the Holy Spirit we h
shall use this scripture in its proper " to set [ Read isa. 62: 6.1, to establish
place, and set forth the Word upon to invest with' •
Phoenix. She is a great sufferer from .
I The bbooddyy of Christ is nowhere not forget to preach sound doctrine,
or sacerdotal power. '
rheumatism with ossified joints. n in a particular office, or order; hence,
praye rfso rhe rd ht h may — themselves
Mrs. Minnie Oliver, Sidney, Ia., requests i
i the New Testament called by the and practice what we preach. I am
• Baptist name. aware that some of those who have this subject, so that every one can
s " Church of God" is the name been ordained have been in too clearly see th in heaven's power ggiivveenn those sent fo
t
a ministerial function
Tt
ti. s pisietahs:
sary and receive the help needed. • See Acts 20: 28; I Cor. I : I, 2; io: 32; All are not sent to preach, but some I We will start with the call
delivered from the powers of the dryer-; God has given to the body of Christ. much hurry to, go and evangelize. great mirror. -
and 16: 17,18. Praise God for theglorious
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THURSDAY, APR. 8, 1897.
A Falsehood Wrapped in the Troth.
Noah Duncan, Marion Welch, Win. Gilkey,
Geo. E. Coffin, Paul Roshto, (. 1 M. Richard-son,
W. 3. Henry, J. C. Peterman, J. W.
Swallow, David Evans.
Bro. J. L. Green, Portland, Ore.,
writes that they are in need of a
tabernacle for the work in Oregon.
Brother B. E. Warren and other
brethren are now preparing a new
song book, which will probably be
ready in a few months. Any one
having some good songs, either
music or words, which could be used
to the glory of God in this way can
send at once to him at this place or
at 59 Plymouth Place, Chicago, III.,
where he is at present. Let us pray
that the Lord may enable the breth-ren
to prepare some precious songs
for gospel work.
Requests for Prayer.
Pray for the healing
Buchanan.
read Matt. io: I; Luke io: 19; Mark
G. L. COLE.
Kaser to Chicago, All pray for
me that I may not be long detained
out of the battle for God.
Your saved brother,
NEWAYGO, MICH , March 28.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: Since
our last report the Lord has kept us
saved and on the battle- field for God
waging war against sin and Satan.
Praise the Lord! There is a large
field through here for gospel work.
There were a few consecrations at
the last two places. This is a seed-sowing
time at this place. The people
have not had the privilege of hear-ing
the straight word of God, but,
thank the Lord, he has a few who
have proved true to God amid all
the false teaching and deceptions of
the Devil. The Lord willing, there
will be a tabernacle meeting at
Howard City to begin May 6. Bro.
Wm. Warren is expected to assist.
Let all the dear saints in the sur-rounding
community lay by as the
Lord has prospered them to help
carry on the meeting, so the burden
will not be all upon one or two
( r Cor. 16: 1,2, ), and the Lord will
bless you in basket and store. Prov.
3: 9,10. Let all come who can.
Your humble brother and sister in
defense of the gospel,
LEROY AND DELLA SHELDON.
next went to Milton, where we held
about two weeks and gave instruction
in vocal music each evening. All
received quite a benefit. From there
wife and I came to Nemaha City,
where we • preached one night and
then came on to Auburn, Neb., and
after a few day's delay began meet-ing
at Glen Rock, in the M. E. house,
where the Lord wonderfully anointed
us in teaching the word, for nearly
five weeks. Notwithstanding the
bad roads and weather and the
amount of sickness prevalent, there
was good attendance and the best of
interest, and most of the accumulated
prejudice was swept away by the
truth. About thirteen consecra-tions
was the result. Several made
their escape from Babylon. We will
commence meeting Saturday night
at Nemaha City, and continue for
two or three weeks; then will prob-ably
go to Brock for a short time
and then will begin wending our
way to Grand Junction for the June
C. M. Any wishing us to stop on
the way, write us at Nemaha City,
Neb. Your brother and sister in
Christ,
E. G. AND SUSAN B. MASTERS.
PAWNEE CITY, NEBR., Mar. 28.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS; We
greet you once more in the name of
Jesus. We are glad to report to you
good health of soul and body, for
which we praise God. We had a
profitable meeting at Eibing. It con-tinued
about six weeks with good
interest and good attendance.
Several were saved and some healed
by the power of God, for which we
give him all the . glory. The Lord
has a dear little church at that place
and they have regular meetings.
Any of God's ministers passing
through that way would be gladly
received and cared for. We went
to Ramona, Kans., March 3, remain-ed
over Sunday with the church at
that place, and had a . very precious
little meeting with them. ' Went to
Bushong March 8, had meeting there
over two Sundays, and the Lord was
pleased to give us a very precious
and profitable meeting at this place.
Some who had gotten . away from
the Lord came back to Father's
house and got saved. The church
was much benefited and strengthened.
Bro. and Sister Smith and Co. . s top-ped
there a few days before we came
away, on their way to Grand Junc-tion.
They expected to remain over
the coming Sabbath with the church
at Bushong. We came to this place
the 26th, commenced. meeting 27th.
We have a hall rented, and expect to
have street meeting, visit from house
to house, and do all we can for the
salvation of the lost. We ask your
earnest prayers that God may help
us to declare the whole counsel of
God with the burning love of Jesus,
that souls may be won to him. We
remain your brother and sister in
Jesus, C. E. AND NORA HUNTER.
Creek, Mo., where several souls religion, and waxing worse and 0.1e in the body, Re pt by obedience,
were saved and bodies healed. We worse each day; yea, and then see RANDLE STURGIS.
GAINES S PATIOS, MICH.
DEAR CHiLDREN OF ( SOD: While
we are scattered and a great distance
between us, yet we are compact and
knit together in love in the one
body. Of a truth we eau say this
morning that we are the Lord's
and he is ours, and we have that
set up in our hearts that the world
cannot enjoy, neither can man take
it away. Same say the ordinances
are abolished with the law and
commandments. But thank God we
are not simply living by faith
alone, but by every word of Jesus,
and that takes in the ordinances,
and that is an evidence of our faith.
Faith without works is dead.
gospel equipment, whereby Satan
must fall as lightning from his
lofty places. Luke to: 18.
In our next letter we will continue
this thought, and show some of the
devices of the Devil to deceive along
this line. JAS. B. PETERMAN.
News from the Field.
HAWTHORN, S. C., Mar. 29.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I feel
led of the Lord to report victory
over the Devil. We have just re-turned
from Blackville, S. C., about
thirty miles east of this place, where
we went and held three meetings.
Two precious souls were sanctified,
and one consecrated for justification.
Many believe the word of God and
God is working. there. We ask
your prayers tor them. Praise the
dear Lord for the steadfastness of
the church here! We expect to go
about eight miles from here. Yours
in the one body,
H. C. CORBETT AND CO.
RINGGOLD, LA., March 25.
DEAR BELOVED SAINTS: We greet
you again through the Lord's paper.
We are well and joyful in glory, with
perfect victory over all the powers
of hell. We just closed a seed- sow- fl
time here last night, with many
seemingly anxious to becOme more
acquainted with Jesus, but no one
came out for God. There are some
honest and anxious souls at Ringgold.
All help us pray for them, as they
requested us to do. We feel there
will be a great harvest of souls in
the near future in these parts.
Blessed are they that sow beside all
waters. Isa. 31: 20. We go from
here to Loves Lake and begin meet-ing.
We will soon start south, the
Lord willing. We are learning more
how to trust Jesus. Oh, help me
praise the Lord forhis goodness.
Remember me in • your prayers.
Yours saved and on the advance for
God, R. H. OWENS.
667 CHERRY ST.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., Mar. 22.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: This
morning finds me saved, and still
trusting in the one that called me
out in this glorious light. I can say
the Lord is blessing the work here,
although there are many things to
contend with. But we are not look-ng
for an easy job, and his grace is
sufficient. Praise his name! Some
say that I am undertaking too much
to run a mission without any means
and against the opposition that is
here, but thank God that when be
directs he also will back it up. My
husband helps. what he can, but his
work has been out of the city in
different places, and he has been
very busy. There are many that
need salvation. Yesterday I went to
a meeting in the jail, and found
many hungry for the truth. Breth-en,
there is a great spiritual famine
here. Who will help in some way
a feed them the bread of life? I
work among the sick in different
parts of the city, and how glad they
are to find that God has a people
hat cares for them. May the Lord
bless his work everywhere. Your
ister in Christ,
ARVILLA FILHOUR.
ELEANOR, PA., April
Since our last report through the
TRUMPET we have been saved and
kept by the goodness and love of
God. We have been kept busy for
orne time getting a little home and
place for our family, in which the
Lord has greatly helped us. The
aints have built a house of worship
here, and now have a comfortable
place to meet in, for which we are all
very thankful. Any of God's ministers
passing through near here will
find many warm hearts and welcome
homes and quite a number of real
children of God who love the whole
truth. This is a mining town of
about 2000 people of different nation-alities.
it will be our future home,
the Lord willing. Those desiring
tabernacle meetings the coming sum-mer
write us as soon as you can and
we will fill all the calls we can, as the
Lord directs. We do earnestly re-quest
the dear children of God to
pray that we may feel a real eternal
responsibility as we go out among
the lost people and that we may
truly be useful for our God, who has
saved us and placed us in the body
as it has pleased himself.
I. S. McCoy AND COLABORERS.
t
he hurse carrying almost every
hour some lifeless form to the city
of the dead, there to remain until
the last mighty trump shall sound
bringing forth both quick and dead
to stand before God in the judg-ment,
I am made, I say, to call to
the household of faith for help to
get the truth before the people— not
for me alone, but in every way.
I believe it our duty to do all we can
in sending the GOSPEL TRUMPET to
every address we can, both in
the United States and in foreign
lands; and I have done all I can in
this way, but for lack of stamps to
pay poastage I have not sent as
often as I would like to. I could
use thousands of tracts and papers
in this city, if I had them and could
stay here. I have been earnestly
asked to rent a large hall, which I
can get for $ ro per month, and
open a permanent place of worship.
But this takes money ' which we
have not, neither has - God led us
to do so yet. We have always been
fed and clothed, but that is not
getting the gospel before the people
fast enough. It will take the utter-most
exertion of every saint to get
this gospel ta the people before the
appearing of Christ. So, dear
saints everywhere, I entreat of you,
do all you can in spreading the
gospel, helping the true ministry
along, and looking after the needs
of their families; for if you do not,
God will hold you accountable.
Dear brethren, let us push the work
in Oregon until the end comes.
There iS a nice taberinacle here that
is 35x50- 8 ft. wall, 8 ounce duck, all
complete, and been used only one
year. The price is about $ 35. I
believe, if possible, it should be
purchased for the valley work. We
are now holding meetings for a
short time in a hall at 34. and Bell-mont
St., East Portland. I also pray
God that none of the dear ministers
will use any money given to them to
strew their paths with earthly
n wer s. Your saved brother,
J. L. GREEN.
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BUSHONG, KANS., Mar. 31.
To THE SAINTS, GREETING: From
Newkirk, Okla., we came to Arkan-sas
City and held a good meeting.
The church was much strengthened
by the word of the Lord going forth.
Some were saved and a few healed.
From there we came to Western
Park and had a few meetings, and
one brother was healed of rheuma-tism.
Then we came here, met with
Bro. and Sister Hunter, and had a
precious meeting. A few souls were
saved and others healed of divers
diseases. To God be all the glory.
Expect to start for Vineland, Doug-las
Co., soon as the weather and
roads permit. I am so glad that I
can testify to full salvation, saved
and kept by Christ alone. Praise
his holy name! We are in company
with Bro. and Sister Newkirk and
Sister Randolph, all bound for the
Grand Junction C. M. We desire
the prayers of all the saints. Our
address will still be for a while
Western Park, Kan. Yours in the
faith of Jesus,
Wm. N. AND S. SMITH.
W Y MORE, NEB., Mar. 29.
Our little stay in Phcenix, Ariz
fi was precious to our hearts and much
appreciated by the little church there
Ten were baptized, and per-haps
twenty happy saints joyfully
participated in the " washing of the
saints' feet" also the " loaf and cup."
There were a few . consecrations for
pardon and purity, also some were
enabled to accept Christ as their
physician. Some were healed and
others are expecting, among whom
is Sister Nancie Doplace, a great
sufferer from rheumatism, with
ossified joints. The Spirit has
encouraged our hearts much and
we were stirred to make request for
the prayers of all the faithful that
those joints may be limbered and
that she may again walk (" leap and
praise God"). We left Phcenix on
the 22d and had a prosperous
journey to this place. Sister Mary
goes to Windsor, Mo, and Dema
BAKER, OLKA.
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I be-lieve
it is to the glory of God for
me to tell what the Lord has been
doing for me and my family. We
were sick with something like the
grippe. We called for the elders
and were anointed according to
James 5: 14, 15, and were healed,
for which we give God all the glory.
0 praise his name! I am saved and
sanctified to - do his whole will.
Your brother, W. T. NAZWORTHY.
PORTLAND, ORE,
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: I am
glad I am still saved, sanctified, and
am keeping" my marriage vow with
Christ my head. Hos. 1: 19, 20. Rom,
7: 4. Eph. 1; 22, 23. I Cor. 12: 27.
Praise God for the chaste bride
( 2 Cor. 11: 2), which has only one
husband or head ( Eph. 5: 23) ; and
for a husband that has only one
Wide. Cant. 4: 7 and 6: 9 Dear
brethren and sisters, especially in
Oregon, as I am doing all I can in
the city of Portland for GJd and
souls, I am constrained to make an
appeal to you for help, which is
the first I have ever made definite
since coming to the • West. Not
because it was not my duty, but
for fear I would get in the Christ-less
rut of money- begging and
thus dishonor God or abuse my
liberty in the gospel. But to- day
as I look out on the widespread
city in the valley below and then
AUBURN, NEB., Mar. 25. turn and see the many adjoining
DEAR TRUMPET READERS: Since villages covering the surrounding
our last report we in company with hills and know that it is almost
B . Haynes held a meeting at Mill whonl ly give to idolatrye, or apostat
OPEN DOOR MISSION,
59 PLYMOUTH PLACE,
CHICAGO, ILL.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I am truly
praising the Lord for salvation
and for victory over all the powers
of the enemy. The Lord has
wonderfully healed me of rheuma-tism,
for which I give him all the
glory. Praise his dear name for-ever!
I can say with a heart full oi
love to Gad, 0.1 at I an saved,
sanctified, satisfi sd, and kept by his M' ighty power. CHAS. PARNELL.
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Innocence
1ST. FOR JUSTIFICATION.
The Jewish tabernacle was a clear
figure of the New Testament church.
Its twofold service typified two de-grees
of grace in Christ's salvation.
Before entering the " holy place" was
the brazen altar, also the laver.
This typified the sinner " dead in
trespasses and sins" offering • himself
to God for pardon: also his quicken-ing
into life by the ' washing of re-generation"
and induction by faith
through Christ into the grace of
justification. But what is included
In this consecration?
First, the sinner must have a real
Bible conviction, a realization of his
lost condition. When he gets this,
he becomes awakened, alarmed.
The thundering judgments of God's
word ring in his soul. ' The awful
chasm of hell opens before him, and
66 ND who then is willing to
C, C consecrate his service this
day unto the Lord?"-- t Chron. 29: 5.
" Consecrate yourselves to- day to the
Lord, * ** that he may bestow upon
you a blessing this day."- Ex. 32: 29.
Consecration, when brought to the
real Bible standard of full salvation,
means more than the majority of
people realize. I am convinced that
but few experience the real depth
of its meaning. Let us briefly ex-amine
the Word, which is a search-light,
and may the blessed Spirit ap-ply
the truth to every heart.
carlrueranbdrinhge esdegeemsoftopesrtdanitdiono. n Ann--
other step may sink his soul in the
shades of eternal night. He begins
to cry to God with all his might for
mercy. He prays in real earnest,
regardless of his surroundings or
what the people may think or say.
In this dark hour the voice of Jesus
comes with these words: " Come un-to
me *** and I will give you rest."
" I came to seek and to save the lost."
These words melt his heart. The
" fallow ground" begins to break up.
Godly sorrow now fills his heart.
He sees that the God whom he has
sinned against is his friend, and is
now ready to help him. God's good-ness
leads him to repentance."
" Godly sorrow worketh repentance."
His soul yearns for salvation. He
must have it. He is willing to meet
any Bible condition. He sees him-self
the " chief of sinners" and be-gins
to confess to God. i Jno.
He now prays more earnestly than
before. He promises that he will
make confession to all he has wrong-ed,
even though it may take him to
the penitentiary Prov. 28: 13. As
far as lies in his power he will make
every wrong right with his fellow
man, though in some cases it will be
humiliating. He cares not for this,
he must have salvation. Nothing
shall stand in his way. Eze. k. 33: 15.
Deut. 4: 29. He solemnly promises
God that by his grace he will never
again sin against him. He forsakes
all his sinful habits and ways. He
throws his tobacco away, and prom-ises
God to never again use it. He
lays off his jewelry, and promises
God to dress plain, and not go to
places of worldly amusements, such
as fairs, shows, festivals, picnics,
base hal games, etc. These things
lose their charms for him. Isa. 55: 7.
j110. 2: 15, 16. Rom. 12: 2. He
gives up every idol. He forgives
every enemy. Matt. 6: 14, 15. He
gives up every friend. Though wife,
children, or every one on earth turns
against him, he consecrates to stand.
He will stand alone. Matt. 10: 22,
35- 39. He will follow Jesus anywhere.
Matt. 16: 24. He now surrenders all
- possessions, life, friends, yea " all
that he hath." Luke 14: 33. These
are some of the conditions to be met
in a real consecration for justifica-tion.
When the last condition is
met, and he steps out on the prom-ises
of God, faith mounts up and
touches the atonement, and the " wit-ness"
comes to his soul, so clear, so
definite, that he can never doubt it.
He now has " peace with God."
The Faith.
t6cin 6(..) 4- 0V, Tu nwtaos t noeue adnfudl feoxrh moret ttoh awtr iytee
should earnestly contend for the
faith once delivered unto the saints."
- Jude 3.
Here is an exhortation to the sanc-tified
from the word of God, by Jude,
the servant of Jesus Christ, that ye
should earnestly contend; for ( or
because) certain men have crept in
unawares. Jude 4. Not into the
church, but in among the brethren.
Read 2 Pet. 2: r and Jude 4. While it
is necessary to speak more of these
fellows further on, we wish to write
more particularly of " the faith once
delivered to the saints." Their testi-monies
will be the strongest proof
of that which had been delivered
unto them.
THE FAITH DEFINED.
" And when they were come to the
multitude, there came to him a cer-tain
man, kneeling down to him, and
saying, Lord, have mercy on my son,
for he is sore vexed, for ofttimes he
falleth into the fire, and oft into the
water. And I brought him to thy dis-ciples
and they could not cure him.
Then Jesus answered and said, 0
faithless and perverse generation,
how long, shall l be with you? How
long shall I suffer you? Bring him
hither to me. And Jesus rebuked
the devil, and he departed out of
him; and the child was cured from
that very hour. Then came the
disciples to Jesus apart, and said;
Why could not we cast him out?
And Jesus said unto them, Because
of your unbelief; for verily I say un-to
you, If ye have faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, RemoveJrçc f, yonder
place, and it shall remove."
Matt. 17: 14- 20.
" And on the morrow, when they
were come from Bethany, he was hun-gry:
and seeing a fig tree afar off hav-ing
leaves, he came, if haply he might
find anything thereon: and when he
came to it he found nothing but
leaves ***. And Jesus answered
and said unto it, No man eat fruit
of thee hereafter forever. And his
disciples heard It ***. And in the
morning as they passed by they saw
the fig tree dried up from the roots,
and Peter calling to remembrance
saith unto him, Master, behold the
fig tree which thou cursedst is with-ered
away; and Jesus answering
saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For verily I say unto you, that who-soever
shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed and be thou cast
into the sea; and shall not doubt in
his heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to
pass, he shall have whatsoever he
saith."- Mark I : 1 2- 14, 20- 23.
Jesus did not say they would re-move
mountains, but he did say they
could if they had the faith. So also
they could have cast out the spirit
with which the child was possessed,
and whatsoever they might have s iid,
it would have come to pass. And
this is the very faith that was once
delivered to the saints.
PETER'S TESTIMONY.
" Simon Peter, a servant and an
apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that
have obtained like precious faith
with us through the righteousness of
God, and our Savior Jesus Christ."-
2 Pet. m: r.
JOHN'S TESTIMONY.
" And this is the victory that over-cometh
the world, even our faith."
jno. 5: 4. " And this is the confidence
faith that takes no denial] that we
have in him, that if we ask anything
according to his will, he heareth us;
and if we kno that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we
have the petitians that we desired of
15.
TUDE'S TESTIMONY.
" But ye, beloved, building up your-selves
on your most holy faith, pray-ing
in the Holy Ghost."- Jude 20.
PAUL'S TESTIMONY.
" I am crucified with Christ; never-theless
I live, yet not l e but Christ
liveth in me; and the life I now live,
I live by the faith of the Son of
God."- Gal. 2: 20. " For we walk by
faith, not by sight."- 2 Cor. 5: 7.
By these corroborating testimonies
( Read Mark 16: 17, 18.) we clearly
see that the faith which Jesus had
when he caused the fig tree to wither
away, when he healed the sick and
cast out devils, was delivered unto
the saints as a possession. " And by
the hands of the apostles were many
signs and wonders wrought among
the people." But papal darkness
soon covered the earth, and the
church no longer gave her light, yet
the Lord had a place prepared for
her where she was nourished a
thousand two hundred three score
days of papal darkness, and the
cloudy day that followed; but now
the Lord has brought again Zion,
and his watchman lift up the voice
and with the voice together they
sing ( preach the same thing); for
they see eye to eye. See Isa. 58: 7- 8.
And in obedience to the command
of the Lord ( Isa. 58: 1) Zion has put
on her strength again. For this
cause she has many enemies, yea
even many of the hireling ministry;
the foremost and most popular scoff
at the " word of faith which we
preach."
Beloved, here is a call from heaven
that ye put to silence these evil men,
" Arise, arise, put on thy strength, 0
Zion." " It was needful for me to
write unto you that ye should
earnestly contend for the faith once
delivered to the saints." Some
brethren think because they are not
ministers, they do not need much
faith. If you have not faith to be-lieve
and obey " the word of faith"
which we preach, your consecration
is a failure and you are not an in-
2ND. FOR SANCTIFICATION.
Before entering through the second
vail ( of the tabernacle) into the
" holy of holies" was the golden al-tar.
Ex. 30: 1- 1o. This clearly typi-fied
a second offering or presenting
of ourselves to God before we reach
the " fullness" of " eternal redemp-tion."
Christ is the sanctifying al-tar
in the midst of the church. All
who have attained to the experience
of justification have yet the " carnal
nature" in their hearts. The com-mand
to them is, " Go on unto per-fection."
" This is the will of God,
even your sanctification."
But before entering this glorious
experience, an offering of ourselves
must be made upon the " golden al-tae-
Christ Jesus. Paul writing
to the Roman brethren who were
already justified, says: " Even so now
yield your members servants to
righteousness, unto holiness."- Rom.
6: 19. " SO NOW PRESENT YOUR MEM-BERS
BOUND TO RIGHTEOUSNESS,
FOR SANCTIFICATION.”-- EMphatic
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" I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that ye pre-sent
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service. *** that ye
may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect will of God."
Rom. 12: 1, 2.
Here " brethren" who have been
regenerated----" made alive from the
dead" Rom. 6: 13- are commanded
to present themselves to God for
sanctification." This is to take
place " now." It includes a perfect
heart consecration of ourselves to
God; an entire searching out of our
whole moral being; an inward prob-ing,
and dissecting with the " sword
of the Spirit." Heb. 412. A com-plete
death to self- will and reputa-tion.
We must take sides against
self; must suffer this probing and
searching out of idols to proceed un-til
the whole realm of our moral be-ing-,
the deepest point of our will is
brought under the mirror of divine
truth. This reveals many hidden
" creatures" or inward " enemies."
Pride, selfishness, stubbornness, un-belief,
lust, anger, deceit, stiffness,
covetousness, carnal fear, harshness,
resentment, uncharitable suspicions,
evil surmising, jealousy, bitterness,
envy, inordinate affection, etc.
" Every creature is manifest." They
must die. Every last particle of
pride must be put to death.
These inward creatures of the
carnal mind now begin to plead for
some life. Like Agag, they cry,
" Surely the bitterness of death is
past." But we must not heed their
cries. They must be " mortified"
( Col. 3: 5), " crucified" ( Rom. 6: 6),
" destroyed." i Jno. 3 : 8. Although'
this " death route" seems like • a
" scourging" and " chastising" from
the Lord, and is very painful
and " seems grievous" yet it is for
" our profit, that we may be partakers
of his holiness." Heb. 12. No one
but he who has passed through this
deep heart- searching and self-crucifying
process, can form any
idea of the depth and perfection to
which this consecration must extend
before the end of self is reached. It
is like taking the " right eye" and
" right hand." Many go through a
consecration without seeing their
carnal hearts. They know nothing
of death to self. Some receive a
blessing, but fail to reach the bottom,
where they receive the " Holy Ghost
and fire." Traits of carnality will be
manifest in their lives.
0 dear readers, " dig deep" go to
the bottom. When this point is reach-ed,
faith mounts up to God, touches
the atonement, and grasps the prom-ise
of sanctification; God sends the
holy fire ( Mark 9: 49), and the altar-
Christ, with his blood- sanctifies the
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Amen. Your sanctified brother,
H. M. RIGGLE.
Testimonies.
Consecration.
Divine Healing.
Prayer Answered.
SOTTSVILLE, Ky.
hought I would write a few
lines this morning for the encourage-ment
of some one who might be sick
and also to strengthen the faith of
others. The readers of the TRUMPET
will remember the requests for
prayer some time ago. Now we do
not only believe that God can and
does heal, but we know he does. It
seemed that Isaiah 65: 24 was fulfilled
in my case, for I began to get better
just as soon as I wrote the request,
even. before it reached its destination.
This morning, praise the Lord, I am
feeling remarkably well. It has
been ten years since we began to
take Jesus as our physician. We
have not called doctor, neither taken
a dose of medic ; ne since. People
say, " Do you never get sick ?" We tell
them yes, but Jesus is our healer. I
have been healed twice instantly of
the grippe. MRS. S. P. DAY.
Healed.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: This morn-ing
I am praising God for salvation.
For the last year I was very much
afflicted, and one week ago Thurs-day
I sent a letter to the saints re-questing
prayer on Saturday at one
o'clock for my healing, and accord-ing
to James 5: 14,15 I was anointed,
and God gave me the witness that I
was healed. Glory to his holy
name! I was very bad with a com-plication
of diseases, and my lungs
were bad, also L had heart disease.
I thought my time was here, but it
seemed the Lord willed it otherwise
and wanted me healed to his glory.
Praise his dear name forever! Our
baby was also healed of something
like cholera infantum and teething.
Husband and I prayed for her and
she was healed after being bad for
two days. To God be all the glory!
Now I am writing this that God's
name only be glorified. I ask all to
pray for me that I may have more
faith and more trust in God and be
kept humble at the feet of Jesus,
Your sister saved,
CLARINDA SCHLEEHAUF.
habitant of Zion. Zion has put on
her strength, and Jerusalem her
beautiful garments. I have gone to
places where some were professing
to be saints of God and in his church,
while at the same time they were
slowest° tobacco, medicine, delicacies,
covetousness, lust, and other evils.
I declare in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, their consecration is a
failure. While God's ministers must
have a Measure of faith to the ex-tent
of the word they preach, so
must all who are saints have the
measure of faith to the extent of
obedience to the word of faith which
Is preached to them, that the many
scoffers may be put to silence in
every community, so also that you
may be justified in the sight of God
and he the faithgiver, be glorified.
It is true the apostles had a greater
measure of faith than this, for we
read in i Cor. 12th chapter of the
gifts of faith, healing, and miracles,
which are in the church now as well
as then. But God giveth to every
man as he willeth, and he willeth to
give to him that receiveth more
grace. Eph. 4: 7. I Cor. 13: 1.
' God does not require every one to
have such a degree of faith, but by
simply believing and obeying his
word put to silence all men. Those
certain men crept in unawares, un-godly
men ( Jude , are simply false
teachers that shall rise up " among
you" ungodly men ( unjust, without
God) , beguiling unstable souls. Com-pare
Jude with ist chapter of 2 Peter.
These shall deny the only God and
our Lord Jesus Christ by - denying
the faith." These are only a few of
the many that shall speak evil of the
right way. May the Lord help us
to silence every false teacher.
These have exercised a heart with
covetous practices, and ran greedily
after the error of Baalam for reward
and perished in the gainsaying of
Core ( who was puffed up, Num. 16:
1). See 2 Peter and Jude.
This is a life of self- denial as well
as a life of faith. " Every man that
striveth for the mastery is temperate
in all things."- i Cor. 9: 25. " Whoso-ever
will come after me, let him deny
himself."-- Mark 8: 34. " He that loveth
his life shall lose it, and he that
hateth his life in this world shall
keep it unto life eternal."-- Jno. 12:
25. " Thou therefore endure hard-ness,
as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ."- 2 Tim. 2: 3. If you expect
to have power with God and see the
arm of the Lord revealed, meekness,
prayer, and fasting are necessary,
with many other things.
H. E. ROGERS.
NEBRASKA CITY, NEB.
DEAR ONES IN CHRIST: This day
finds us saved and praising the Lord,
advancing in the grace of God.
I am rejoicing in tribulation with
patience, and am glad I was counted
worthy of suffering even the spoil-ing
of my goods. Praise his holy
name! I praise the Lord for a com-plete
work of salvation by faith
and grace by which we are saved
Your brother in Christ, sanctified
and kept by the power of God
J. A. ZYSETT.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel
led to write a few lines to the glory
of God. I want to tell what the
Lord has done and is still doing
for me. He has saved me from
sin and keeps me saved. I do
praise the Lord for the sweet peace
that flows in my soul. I am drink-ing
at the fountain that never runs
dry. I thank God I have a friend
in Jesus who is dearer than all
earthly friends. I have chosen
rather to suffer affliction with God's
people than to enjoy the pleasure
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may hold out faithful to the end
Your saved brother, •
CHARLES GREENWELL.